Tag: France

Le lever (1871)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Le lever (Young Mother Gazing at Her Child) 1871 Oil on canvas, 142.2 x 102.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This doting mother in picturesque dress and her angelic offspring are two of many such…

Jean Seberg

(1938–1979) Jean Dorothy Seberg Filmography as Actress: Bonjour Tristesse 1958 Director: Otto Preminger Starring: Deborah Kerr, David Niven     À bout de souffle 1960 Director: Jean-Luc Godard Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg     Airport 1970 Director: George Seaton Starring: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin  …

Marlene Dietrich

(1901–1992) Marie Magdalene Dietrich von Losch Filmography as Actress: Around the World in 80 Days 1956 Director: Michael Anderson Starring: David Niven, Cantinflas     Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich     Paris When It…

Capucine

(1928–1990) Germaine Hélène Irène Lefebvre Filmography as Actress: The Pink Panther 1963 Director: Blake Edwards Starring: David Niven, Peter Sellers   Born January 6 1928 Saint-Raphaël (France) Died March 17 1990 Lausanne (Switzerland) Boyfriend William Holden (1918-1981) Boyfriend Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999) Friend Audrey…

La Vierge adorant l’hostie (1852)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La Vierge adorant l’hostie (The Virgin Adoring the Host) 1852 Oil on canvas, 40.3 x 32.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Repetition with variants of the Virgin painted in 1841 for the future…

Tête de saint Jean l’Evangéliste (s.d.)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Tête de saint Jean l’Evangéliste (Head of Saint John the Evangelist) s.d. Oil on canvas, laid down on wood, 39.4 x 27 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is a study for an…

Ulysses (1827)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Ulysses 1827 Oil on canvas on wood, 25.1 x 19.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Amiens (France)

Births: • Brochet, Anne (1966) • Choderlos de Laclos, Pierre (1741-1803) Deaths: • Verne, Jules (1828-1905) See also: • Cities | France

Jules Verne

(1828–1905) Jules-Gabriel Verne Works: • Abandoned (English) • All Around the Moon (English) • Around the World in Eighty Days (English) • Autour de la lune (French) • In Search of the Castaways (English) • Les enfants du capitaine Grant (French)…