Tag: France

Moonraker (1979)

Director: Lewis Gilbert Producer: Albert R. Broccoli Screenplay: Christopher Wood Based on: Moonraker by Ian Fleming Genre: Action | Adventure | Spy film | Thriller Music: John Barry Country: United Kingdom | France | United States Language: English Studio: Eon Productions | United Artists Release date: 1979 Running…

Hervé Villechaize

(1943–1993) Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize Filmography as Actor: The Man with the Golden Gun 1974 Director: Guy Hamilton Starring: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee   Born April 23 1943 Paris (France) Died September 4 1993 North Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Suicide…

River Bank in Springtime (1887)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) River Bank in Springtime (F 352, JH 1321) 1887 Oil on canvas, 48.9 × 58.1 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas The light, fresh tones and free brush strokes in this painting of the banks of…

Le chanteur espagnol (c.1861)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le chanteur espagnol (The Spanish Singer) c.1861 Watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper, 28.58 × 21.59 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas The Spanish Singer is among the earliest masterpieces in watercolor produced by Edouard Manet. It…

Rue de l’Hermitage, Pontoise (1873-1875)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Rue de l’Hermitage, Pontoise 1873–1875 Watercolor, pencil and gouache on paper, 16.83 × 22.86 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas This previously unpublished watercolor is unique in Pissarro‘s career, as it is the only watercolor depicting the…

Paysage à Eragny (1890)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Paysage à Eragny (Landscape at Eragny) 1890 Watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper, 21.59 x 26.035 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas On 14 January 1891, Camille Pissarro wrote to his eldest son, Lucien: “I have mounted…

Nature morte avec pommes sur un buffet (1900-1906)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Nature morte avec pommes sur un buffet (Still Life with Apples on a Sideboard) 1900–1906 Watercolor over pencil on paper, 48.58 × 63.18 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas The watercolor medium arrived rather late in France.…

Le Pont Neuf (1871)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Pont Neuf (The Pont Neuf) 1871 Oil on canvas, 53.34 × 73.03 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Claude Monet returned to Paris in the fall of 1871 after more than a year of exile in…

Nymphéas (1908)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Nymphéas (Water Lilies) 1908 Oil on canvas, 99.69 x 99.69 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Twentieth-century art is inconceivable without Claude Monet‘s paintings of water lilies. They are, in many ways, as important in the history…

Valle Buona, près de Bordighera (1884)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vallebona, près de Bordighera (Valle Buona, Near Bordighera) 1884 Oil on canvas, 64.45 × 91.44 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas This landscape depicts the rugged countryside along the Riviera at the French-Italian border. The Valle Buona…