Tag: Légion d’honneur

Auguste Rodin

(1840–1917) François-Auguste-René Rodin The artist’s works: Buste de jeune fille 1868 National Gallery of Art, Washington L’Âge d’airain 1875–1876 Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen L’Âge d’airain modeled 1876, cast c.1906 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Jardinière des Titans c.1877 Petit Palais, Paris Adam 1880–1881 Metropolitan Museum…

Charles Boyer

(1899–1978) Filmography as Actor: Gaslight 1944 Director: George Cukor Starring: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman     Around the World in 80 Days 1956 Director: Michael Anderson Starring: David Niven, Cantinflas     How to Steal a Million 1966 Director: William Wyler Starring: Audrey…

Danielle Darrieux

(1917–2017) Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux Filmography as Actress: Le Rouge et le Noir 1954 Director: Claude Autant-Lara Starring: Gérard Philipe, Danielle Darrieux     Alexander the Great 1956 Director: Robert Rossen Starring: Richard Burton, Fredric March   Born May 1 1917 Bordeaux (France)…

T. S. Eliot

(1888–1965) Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM Works: • Eeldrop and Appleplex (1934) • Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry (1917) • Pascal’s Pensées (1958) • Poems (1920) • Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) • The Waste Land (1922) Quotes: • T.…

Mary Cassatt

(1844–1926) Mary Stevenson Cassatt The artist’s works: Après la corrida 1873 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Offering the Panal to the Bullfighter 1873 Clark Art Institute, Williamstown On the Balcony 1873 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Spanish Dancer Wearing a Lace Mantilla 1873…

Salvador Dalí

(1904–1989) Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domenech Marqués de Dalí de Púbol The artist’s works: Cántaro c.1918 Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid Naturaleza muerta 1918 Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid Autorretrato cubista 1923 Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid Gitano de Figueres 1923 Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid La…

Edmond-Victor Renoir

(1849–1944) Edmond Renoir in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) La promenade 1870 Getty Center, Los Angeles     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Le Pont Neuf à Paris 1872 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) La loge 1874 Courtauld Institute Galleries, London     Renoir,…

Jean Renoir

(1894–1979) Filmography as Director: Nana 1926 Director: Jean Renoir Starring: Jean Angelo, Catherine Hessling     Madame Bovary 1934 Director: Jean Renoir Starring: Valentine Tessier, Pierre Renoir     Le Carrosse d’or 1952 Director: Jean Renoir Starring: Anna Magnani, Duncan Lamont     French Cancan…

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    …