Month: September 2014

Nice (France)

.Nice in Art: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur à Nice c.1919 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis     Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur à Nice 1919–1920 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago     Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Les Persiennes 1919 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia     Matisse,…

Figueras (España)

Figueras in Art: Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Gitano de Figueres 1923 Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid     Births: • Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Deaths: • Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) See also: • Cities | España

Château de Beaufresne (Le Mesnil-Théribus)

Built: end of the 18th century Location: 60240 Le Mesnil-Théribus, France The Château de Beaufresne was the home of American painter Mary Cassatt from 1887 to 1926. Deaths: • Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) See also: • Le Mesnil-Théribus (France) | Palaces

Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (Venezia)

Founded: 1250 Completed: 1338 Address: San Polo, 3072, 30125 Venezia VE, Italia Website: https://www.basilicadeifrari.it/ Monument of Titian. The tomb of Canova, originally designed by him as a mausoleum for Titian. Claudio Monteverdi’s tomb. Burials: • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) • Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643) • Tiziano (c.1488-1576) See…

Sur la terrasse à Sèvres (1880)

Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916) Sur la terrasse à Sèvres (On the Terrace at Sèvres) 1880 Oil on canvas, 88 x 115 cm Musée du Petit Palais, Genève Sur la terrasse de la villa Brancas avec Henri Fantin-Latour. See also: • Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904)

Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris)

Established: 1804 Address: 16 Rue du Repos, 75020 Paris, France Website: https://pere-lachaise.com/ Burials: • Apollinaire, Guillaume (1880-1918) • Avril, Jane (1868-1943) • Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850) • Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-1799) • Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835) • Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) • Bizet, Georges (1838-1875) •…

Oscar Wilde

(1854–1900) Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde Works: • A Florentine Tragedy; La Sainte Courtisane (1894) • A House of Pomegranates (1891) • A Woman of No Importance (1893) • An Ideal Husband (1895) • De profundis (1897) • Essays and Lectures • For Love of the King,…

Danae (1560-1565)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Danae 1560–1565 Oil on canvas, 129.8 x 181.2 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The first Poesie presented to Prince Philip were Danaë (1553, The Wellington Collection) and Venus and Adonis (1554, Museo del Prado, P422), versions of other…