Tag: Montpellier

Une nourrice au Jardin du Luxembourg (c.1872)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Une nourrice au Jardin du Luxembourg (A Nanny in the Luxembourg Gardens) c.1872 Oil on canvas, 65 x 92 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier The theme of childhood runs through all of Degas‘ work, from dancers to nurses. This slightly…

Thérèse des Hours

Thérèse des Hours Thérèse in Art: Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) La robe rose 1864 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) Les lauriers roses 1867 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati     Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) Réunion de famille 1867–1868 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) Thérèse…

Castelnau-le-Lez (France)

Castelnau in Art: Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) La robe rose 1864 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) Les lauriers roses 1867 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati     Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) Réunion de famille 1867 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) Thérèse lisant dans le…

Rue de village, Chailly (1865)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Rue de village, Chailly (Village Street, Chailly) 1865 Oil on canvas 32.5 х 24.5 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier This 1865 painting created in the Chailly forest is one of the first testimonies to Frédéric Bazille‘s interest in landscape.…

Thérèse lisant dans le parc de Méric (1867)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Thérèse lisant dans le parc de Méric (Thérèse reading in the park of Méric) 1867 Oil on canvas 92 x 59.2 cm Private collection The subject of this work was Bazille’s cousin and primary subject for many of…

Juliette Gréco

(1927–2020) Filmography as Actress: Elena et les hommes 1956 Director: Jean Renoir Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais     Bonjour Tristesse 1958 Director: Otto Preminger Starring: Deborah Kerr, David Niven   Born February 7 1927 Montpellier (France) Died September 23 2020 Ramatuelle (France) Husband…

Venere e Cupido (c.1575-1580)

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Venere e Cupido (Venus and Cupid) c.1575–1580 Oil on wood, 143 x 226.50 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier The Mannerist painter Allori designed a complex representation of Venus which owes much to the powerful figures of Michelangelo. The…

Portrait d’Antonin Proust (1881)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’Antonin Proust (Portrait of Antonin Proust) 1881 Oil on canvas, 183 x 110.5 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Antonin Proust was a key figure in artistic life under the Third Republic. Born in Niort in 1832, he studied…