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Hugh Grant

(1960) Hugh John Mungo Grant Filmography as Actor: The Remains of the Day 1993 Director: James Ivory Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson     Notting Hill 1999 Director: Roger Michell Starring: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant   Born September 9 1960 Hammersmith, London (England) Occupation Actor Producer…

Le Pont Boieldieu, Rouen, Soleil Couchant (1896)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Pont Boieldieu, Rouen, Soleil Couchant (The Pont Boieldieu at Sunset) 1896 Oil on canvas, 98 x 118 cm Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham Compare: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Pont Boieldieu à Rouen, soleil couchant, temps brumeux 1896…

I am half sick of shadows (1915)

Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) ‘I am half sick of shadows,’ said The Lady of Shalott (Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Lady of Shalott, Part II) 1915 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 73.7 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto See also: • Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892)

Nu féminin assis (c.1916)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Nu féminin assis (Seated Female Nude) c.1916 Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 59.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This is one of a series of celebrated female nudes which Modigliani painted in 1916 and 1917. His unusual…

Nevermore (1897)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nevermore 1897 Oil paint on canvas, 60.5 x 116 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Paul Gauguin painted Nevermore in February 1897, during his second and final stay in Tahiti, an island in the southern Pacific colonised by France. Intended…

Effet d’automne à Argenteuil (1873)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Effet d’automne à Argenteuil (Autumn Effect at Argenteuil) 1873 Oil on canvas, 55 x 74.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Claude Monet lived in Argenteuil, a suburb of Paris, from 1871 to 1878. It was an affordable…

Place Lafayette, Rouen (1883)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Place Lafayette, Rouen 1883 Oil on canvas, 46.3 x 55.7 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This is one of 17 paintings produced by Camille Pissarro in 1883, during his first visit to the northern French city of…

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (1889)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (F 527, JH 1657) 1889 Oil on canvas, 50 x 60.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This famous painting, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear by Vincent van Gogh, expresses his artistic power and…

Montagne Sainte-Victoire au grand pin (c.1887)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Montagne Sainte-Victoire au grand pin (Montagne Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine) c.1887 Oil on canvas, 66.8 x 92.3 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London The Montagne Sainte-Victoire, with its distinctive craggy, broken top, dominates the countryside surrounding Paul Cézanne’s…