Tag: France

Honfleur (France)

Honfleur in Art: Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Bord de mer, Port de Honfleur c.1860 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago     Corot, Camille (1796-1875) Honfleur 1830 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence     Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Rue de la Bavole à Honfleur 1864…

Eugène Boudin

(1824–1898) Eugène-Louis Boudin The artist’s works: Bord de mer, Port de Honfleur c.1860 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Scène de plage à Trouville c.1860–1870 National Gallery, London Figures sur une plage c.1863 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Jetée et quai de Trouville…

Arthur Honegger

(1892–1955) Works: • Antigone (1924-1927) Filmography as Composer: Pygmalion 1938 Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller   Born March 10 1892 Le Havre (France) Died November 27 1955 Paris (France) Occupation Composer Title Grand Officier de la Légion d’honneur

Olivia de Havilland

(1916–2020) Olivia Mary de Havilland Filmography as Actress: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh     The Dark Mirror 1946 Director: Robert Siodmak Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres   Born July 1 1916 Tokyo (Japan) Died…

La Gare de Lordship Lane, Dulwich (1871)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La Gare de Lordship Lane, Dulwich (Lordship Lane Station) 1871 Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 72.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Pissarro spent over a year in London, fleeing the Franco-Prussian war. He painted sights around his…

Les côteaux de l’Hermitage, Pontoise (c.1867)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Les côteaux de l’Hermitage, Pontoise (The Hermitage at Pontoise) c.1867 Oil on canvas, 150.3 x 200 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York The view represented here is a winding village path at the base of a cluster of houses…