Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Chez le Père Lathuille (At Père Lathuille’s) 1879 Oil on canvas, 92 x 112 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai, Tournai “The modern life I spoke of, here it is” (Joris-Karl Huysmans) With Édouard Manet, painting enters modernity.…
(1789–1879) Isidore Taylor in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries 1862 National Gallery, London Born August 5 1789 Brussels (Belgium) Died September 6 1879 Paris (France) Buried Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris) Occupation Philanthropist Playwright Occupation Senator Writer Award…
(1929–1978) Jacques Romain Georges Brel Born April 8 1929 Brussels (Belgium) Died October 9 1978 Bobigny (France) Cause of death Cancer Buried Cimetière du Calvaire (Atuona) Occupation Actor Film Director Occupation Singer Songwriter
(1773–1835) Juana María Ignacia Teresa de Cabarrús y Galabert Madame Tallien, “Notre-Dame de Thermidor” Madame Tallien in Film: Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons Born July 31 1773 Carabanchel Alto, Madrid (España) Died January 15 1835 Chimay (Belgium) Father…
(1758–1815) Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton Thomas Picton in Film: Waterloo 1970 Director: Sergei Bondarchuk Starring: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer Born August 24 1758 Haverfordwest (Wales) Died June 18 1815 Waterloo (Belgium)
(1641–1711) The artist’s works: The Institution of the Eucharist 1664–1665 Musée du Louvre, Paris Venus Giving Arms to Aeneas 1668 Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp Aeneas and the Sibyl c.1670 National Gallery of Art, Washington Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus c.1670…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Napoléon Bonaparte, Premier Consul (Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul) 1804 Oil on canvas, 227 x 147 cm Grand Curtius, Liège See also: • Napoleon I
