Paul Gauguin (1903-1905)

Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Paul Gauguin 1903–1905 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris This portrait of Gauguin was in all likelihood inspired by the artist’s death in the Marquesas Islands on May 8, 1903. That November, Redon published an…

Naissance de Vénus (c.1912)

Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Naissance de Vénus (Birth of Venus) c.1912 Pastel on paper mounted on cardboard, 82 x 62 cm Petit Palais, Paris Associated somewhat reluctantly with Symbolism, Odilon Redon began his career as a creator of monochrome works, charcoals or…

Odilon Redon

(1840–1916) Bertrand Redon The artist’s works: Village au bord de la mer en Bretagne c.1880 National Gallery of Art, Washington Village breton c.1890 National Gallery of Art, Washington Sita c.1893 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Femme voilée c.1895–1900 Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Profile de femme…

Sarah Bernhardt à table (1885)

Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927) Sarah Bernhardt à table (Sarah Bernhardt at the Table) 1885 Gouache and pastel on paper mounted on canvas, 64 x 91 cm Petit Palais, Paris Louise Abbéma, born in Étampes in 1853 and died in Paris in 1927,…

Le petit-déjeuner à Pont-l’Evêque (1930)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Le petit-déjeuner à Pont-l’Evêque (Breakfast in Pont-l’Evêque) 1930 Oil on board laid down on cradled panel, 75.5 x 101.2 cm Private collection The present work depicts a lively breakfast conversation in the home of Jean Laroche. Laroche made…

Jean Laroche

(1921–2010) Jean Joseph Louis Laroche Jean Laroche in Art: Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Le petit-déjeuner à Pont-l’Evêque 1930 Private collection   Born July 3 1921 Nantes (France) Died August 21 2010 Nantes (France) Occupation Poet Writer

Malgré-elles (2012)

Against Their Will Director: Denis Malleval Producer: Bertrand de la Fontaine, Laurent Rigaut Screenplay: Nina Barbier, Barbara Grinberg, Séverine Jacquet Genre: Drama | Historical Country: France Language: French Release date: 2012 Running time: 90 minutes Flore Bonaventura (1988) as Alice Fabre Louise…

Autoportrait (1889)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait, Aged 21) 1889 Oil on canvas, 22.2 x 17.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington