Tag: 1888

Les Poseuses (1886-1888)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Les Poseuses (The Models) 1886–1888 Oil on canvas, 200 x 249.9 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia In this scene set inside the artist’s studio, Seurat depicts models posing in front of A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884 (1884–86;…

Premier deuil (1888)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Premier deuil (The First Mourning) 1888 Oil on canvas, 203 x 250 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires

Maurice Chevalier

(1888–1972) Maurice Auguste Chevalier Filmography as Actor: Love in the Afternoon 1957 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn     In Search of the Castaways 1962 Director: Robert Stevenson Starring: Hayley Mills, Maurice Chevalier   Born September 12…

Cathleen Nesbitt

(1888–1982) Kathleen Mary Nesbitt, CBE Filmography as Actress: Caesar and Cleopatra 1945 Director: Gabriel Pascal Starring: Vivien Leigh, Claude Rains     Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons     Three Coins in the Fountain 1954 Director: Jean Negulesco…

Les prairies à Giverny (1888)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Les prairies à Giverny (Meadows at Giverny) 1888 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 81.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Monet first moved to Giverny in 1883, and was to spent the whole of the second of his…

A la Bastille, Jeanne Wenz (1888)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) A la Bastille, Jeanne Wenz (At the Bastille, Jeanne Wenz) 1888 Oil on canvas, 72.5 x 49.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Wenz, Jeanne