Tag: France

La Chanteuse de rue (c.1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Chanteuse de rue (Street Singer) c.1862 Oil on canvas, 171.1 x 105.8 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Awkwardly clutching her guitar and a parcel of cherries, a street musician hitches up her skirt to facilitate her…

Victorine Meurent (c.1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Victorine Meurent c.1862 Oil on canvas, 42.9 x 43.8 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Victorine-Louise Meurent (1844-1927) was a professional artist’s model and painter in her own right, exhibiting work at the Paris Salon in 1876 and…

Mlle V. en costume d’espada (1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Mlle V. en costume d’espada (Mademoiselle V. in the Costume of an Espada) 1862 Oil on canvas, 165.1 x 127.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet depicted model Victorine Meurent (1844–1927) in the guise of a…

Illustration to The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (1875)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Illustration to The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (Open Here I Flung the Shutter) 1875 Lithograph on laid (Hollande) paper, 54.2 x 35 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Author: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Translator: Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-1898): Le Corbeau…

Château du Clos Lucé (Amboise)

Manoir du Cloux Chastelet du Cloux Built: middle of the fifteenth century Address: 2 Rue du Clos Lucé, 37400 Amboise, France Website: https://vinci-closluce.com/en Deaths: • Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) See also: • Amboise (France) | Castles | François I, King of France (1494-1547) | Marguerite de…

Nice (France)

.Nice in Art: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur à Nice c.1919 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis     Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur à Nice 1919–1920 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago     Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Les Persiennes 1919 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia     Matisse,…

Château de Beaufresne (Le Mesnil-Théribus)

Built: end of the 18th century Location: 60240 Le Mesnil-Théribus, France The Château de Beaufresne was the home of American painter Mary Cassatt from 1887 to 1926. The Château de Beaufresne in Art: Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Le Bain 1910 Petit Palais, Paris  …

Sur la terrasse à Sèvres (1880)

Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916) Sur la terrasse à Sèvres (On the Terrace at Sèvres) 1880 Oil on canvas, 88 x 115 cm Musée du Petit Palais, Genève Sur la terrasse de la villa Brancas avec Henri Fantin-Latour. See also: • Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904)

Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris)

Established: 1804 Address: 16 Rue du Repos, 75020 Paris, France Website: https://pere-lachaise.com/ Burials: • Apollinaire, Guillaume (1880-1918) • Avril, Jane (1868-1943) • Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850) • Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-1799) • Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835) • Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) • Bizet, Georges (1838-1875) •…