Tag: Le Havre

Le Havre (France)

Museums: • Musée d’art moderne André Malraux: 2 Boulevard Clemenceau, 76600 Le Havre Le Havre in Art: Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Marine à Sainte-Adresse 1865 High Museum of Art, Atlanta     Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Le Havre c.1883–1887 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton  …

Frédéric Bazille

(1841–1870) Jean Frédéric Bazille The artist’s works: Étude de nu, dit Nu couché 1864 Musée Fabre, Montpellier La robe rose 1864 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Autoportrait 1865–1866 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Autoportrait 1865–1867 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Forêt de Fontainebleau 1865 Musée…

François I (France)

(1494–1547) François d’Orléans François d’Angoulême Count of Angoulême Duke of Valois King of France (1515–1547) François I in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) François 1er reçoit les derniers soupirs de Léonard 1818 Petit Palais, Paris     Works commissioned by him:…

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

Marine à Sainte-Adresse (1865)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Marine à Sainte-Adresse (Beach at Sainte-Adresse) 1865 Oil on canvas, 58.4 x 140 cm High Museum of Art, Atlanta On a windy, overcast day on the northern coast of France, fishing boats ply the choppy waters. In this unsentimental…

Camille Pissarro

(1830–1903) Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro, dit Camille Pissarro The artist’s works: Cocotiers au Bord de la Mer, St. Thomas 1856 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond Deux femmes causant au bord de la mer, Saint Thomas 1856 National Gallery of Art, Washington…

Impression, soleil levant (1872)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise) 1872 Oil on canvas, 50 x 65 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris A stay at the Hôtel Amirauté in Le Havre around November 1872 provided Monet with the subject of his most famous painting,…

Claude Monet

(1840–1926) Oscar-Claude Monet The artist’s works: 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s No date Quotes: • Claude Monet: Quotations See also: • Maison et Jardins de Claude Monet (Giverny) Monet in Art: Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) L’ambulance improvisée 1865 Musée d’Orsay, Paris    …