Chiens de chasse et lièvre mort (1857)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Chiens de chasse et lièvre mort (Hunting Dogs with Dead Hare) 1857 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 148.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Set in a forest, two hunting dogs face off as they await…

Après la chasse (c.1859)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Après la chasse (After the Hunt) c.1859 Oil on canvas, 236.2 x 186.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In style, scale, and composition, this work strongly resembles Courbet’s first hunting scene, The Quarry, a great…

Femme au perroquet (1866)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Femme au perroquet (Woman with a Parrot) 1866 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 195.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When this painting was shown in the Salon of 1866, some critics censured Courbet‘s “lack of…

La Trombe (1870)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Trombe (Marine: The Waterspout) 1870 Oil on canvas, 68.9 x 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Courbet first witnessed a waterspout at Trouville, a village on the Channel Coast, in 1865 or 1866. This…

Cathryn Harrison

(1959–2018) Cathryn Mary Lee Harrison Filmography as Actress: The Dresser 1983 Director: Peter Yates Starring: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay   Born May 25 1959 London (England) Died 2018 Plymouth (England) Grandfather Rex Harrison (1908-1990) Occupation Actress

Michael Gough

(1916–2011) Francis Michael Gough Filmography as Actor: Julius Caesar 1970 Director: Stuart Burge Starring: Charlton Heston, Jason Robards     The Dresser 1983 Director: Peter Yates Starring: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay   Born November 23 1916 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Died March 17 2011…

Eileen Atkins

(1934) Dame Eileen June Atkins, DBE Filmography as Actress: Equus 1977 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Richard Burton, Peter Firth     The Dresser 1983 Director: Peter Yates Starring: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay     Born June 16 1934 London (England) Occupation…