Tag: France

Trois femmes tahitiennes (1896)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Trois femmes tahitiennes (Three Tahitian Women) 1896 Oil on canvas, 24.4 x 43.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This panel once carried a note by the artist: “To the unknown collector of my works, Greetings—…

Deux femmes tahitiennes (1899)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Deux femmes tahitiennes (Two Tahitian Women) 1899 Oil on canvas, 94 x 72.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The canvases that Gauguin sent back to France from the South Seas reflect the license he exercised…

Deux femmes (1901 or 1902)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Deux femmes (Two Women) 1901 or 1902 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gauguin based this formidable composition on a photograph of two women seated side by side on the…

Femmes tahitiennes se baignant (1892)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Femmes tahitiennes se baignant (Tahitian Women Bathing) 1892 Oil on paper, laid down on canvas, 111.12 x 89.21 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dreaming of a paradise where he could “listen to the silence of…

Matrimonio all’italiana (1964)

Marriage Italian Style Director: Vittorio De Sica Producer: Carlo Ponti Screenplay: Renato Castellani, Tonino Guerra, Leo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi Based on: Filumena Marturano by Eduardo De Filippo Genre: Comedy | Romantic Music: Armando Trovajoli Country: Italia | France Language:…

Paysage tahitien (1892)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Paysage tahitien (Tahitian Landscape) 1892 Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 47.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Although the authorship of this picture was once questioned, cleaning and reexamination have securely demonstrated that it is one…

Nature morte avec théière et fruits (1896)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nature morte avec théière et fruits (Still Life with Teapot and Fruit) 1896 Oil on canvas, 47.6 x 66 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York One of Gauguin’s most treasured possessions was a painting by Cézanne,…

La Sieste (c.1892-1894)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) La Sieste (The Siesta) c.1892–1894 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 116.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The unaffected grace and communal ease of Tahitian women impressed Gauguin enormously. The artist worked on this painting over…

Vittorio De Sica

(1901–1974) Vittorio Domenico Stanislao Gaetano Sorano De Sica Filmography as Director: Ladri di biciclette 1948 Director: Vittorio De Sica Starring: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola     Matrimonio all’italiana 1964 Director: Vittorio De Sica Starring: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni     I girasoli 1970…

Andréa Ferréol

(1947) Filmography as Actress: La Grande Bouffe 1973 Director: Marco Ferreri Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli     Le Dernier Métro 1980 Director: François Truffaut Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu     La nuit de Varennes 1982 Director: Ettore Scola Starring: Jean-Louis…