Month: August 2020

Jean de La Fontaine: Quotations

Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) “On rencontre sa destinée souvent par les chemins qu’on prend pour l’éviter.” (We often meet our destiny on the road we take to avoid it.)

Anna Zborowska (1917)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Anna Zborowska 1917 Oil on canvas, 130.2 x 81.3 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York See also: • Anna Zborowska (1885-1978)

Jean de La Fontaine

(1621–1695) Tombe de Jean de La Fontaine (cimetière du Père Lachaise, division 25). Works: • Elektitaj fabloj de J. de La Fontaine (Esperanto) • Fables de La Fontaine (French) • Fables of La Fontaine (English) • Tales and Novels of…

Montparnasse 19 (1958)

Les amants de Montparnasse (The Lovers of Montparnasse) Director: Jacques Becker Producer: Sandro Pallavicini Screenplay: Jacques Becker Based on: Les Montparnos by Michel-Georges Michel Genre: Biography | Drama | Romantic Music: Paul Misraki Country: France | Italia Language: French Studio: Franco London Films Release…

La tour des pigeons à Bellevue (1890)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) La tour des pigeons à Bellevue (The Pigeon Tower at Bellevue) 1890 Oil on fabric, 95.5 x 113 x 7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Cézanne’s method of compressing space and simplifying forms into flattened, geometric shapes…

Paul Cézanne (1874)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Paul Cézanne 1874 Etching Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Compare: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Portrait de Cézanne 1874 National Gallery, London     See also: • Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906)

Paul Cézanne (1902)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Paul Cézanne 1902 Lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906)

After the Bath (1901)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) After the Bath 1901 Pastel, 66 x 100 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Mary Cassatt began using pastel in the 1870s and continued to experiment with the medium throughout her career. This drawing depicts a mother and…