Tag: Légion d’honneur

Sean Connery

(1930–2020) Sir Thomas Sean Connery Filmography as Actor: Dr. No 1962 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress     From Russia with Love 1963 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi     Goldfinger 1964 Director: Guy Hamilton Starring: Sean Connery, Honor Blackman…

Kristin Scott Thomas

(1960) Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas, DBE Filmography as Actress: The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 Director: Justin Chadwick Starring: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson   Born May 24 1960 Redruth (England) Occupation Actress Awards BAFTA Légion d’honneur Title Dame Commander of…

Philippe Noiret

(1930–2006) Filmography as Actor: La Grande Bouffe 1973 Director: Marco Ferreri Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli     Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? 1978 Director: Ted Kotcheff Starring: George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset     Speriamo che sia femmina 1986 Director: Mario…

Marc Chagall

(1887–1985) Moishe Zakharovich Shagalov The artist’s works: Le Pont de Passy et la Tour Eiffel 1911 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Moi et le village 1911 Museum of Modern Art, New York Le Violiniste 1912–1913 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Autoportrait aux sept doigts…

Édouard Manet

(1832–1883) The artist’s works: 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s No date Manet in Art: Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) L’Atelier de la rue Condamine 1870 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Manet et son chevalet 1868–1870 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Bracquemond,…

Isidore Justin Séverin Taylor

(1789–1879) Isidore Taylor in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries 1862 National Gallery, London   Born August 5 1789 Brussels (Belgium) Died September 6 1879 Paris (France) Buried Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris) Occupation Philanthropist Playwright Occupation Senator Writer Award…

Félix Bracquemond

(1833–1914) Félix Henri Bracquemond The artist’s works: Le Lièvre, d’après A. de Balleroy 1865 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Coq 1866 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Les Demoiselles de Village 1866–1870 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Édouard Manet c.1867 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Hoschedé…

Charles-François Daubigny

(1817–1878) The artist’s works: Paysage près de Crémieu c.1849 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Plage à marée basse c.1850 / c.1878 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Moisson 1851 Musée d’Orsay, Paris La ferme 1855 National Gallery of Art, Washington Matinée sur l’Oise, Auvers 1856 National Museum Wales, Cardiff…

Gold and Brown: Self-Portrait (1896-1898)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Gold and Brown: Self-Portrait c.1896–1898 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 46.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Known for his biting wit, extravagant style, and personal eccentricities, the publicity-conscious Whistler used self-portraiture as a means to…

Gustave Flaubert

(1821–1880) Works: • Bouvard et Pécuchet (1881) ◊ Bouvard and Pécuchet (English) • Dictionnaire des idées reçues (1913) ◊ Herodias (English) ◊ Ηρωδιάς (Greek) • La tentation de Saint Antoine (1848) ◊ The Temptation of St. Antony (English) • Madame Bovary (1857) • Madame Bovary:…