(1925–2020) Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli Filmography as Actor: French Cancan 1955 Director: Jean Renoir Starring: Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul Le Mépris 1963 Director: Jean-Luc Godard Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli Belle de Jour 1967 Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Île aux Orties près de Vernon (Île aux Orties near Vernon) 1897 Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 92.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Île aux Orties (Island of Nettles) is situated not far from…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Vue de la côte près de Wargemont en Normandie (View of the Seacoast near Wargemont in Normandy) 1880 Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 62.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Renoir was captivated by the seaside…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La Plage à Trouville (Beach at Trouville) 1873 Oil on panel, 21 x 41.3 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Boudin was the great painter of Normandy’s beach resorts: the casinos and grand hotels of Trouville and Deauville that…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La Plage à Deauville (The Beach at Deauville) 1864 Oil on panel, 34.7 x 26 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland During the 1860s, Boudin executed many paintings and watercolors representing well-to-do tourists and vacationers enjoying seaside…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) L’entrée du port de Trouville (The Entrance to Trouville Harbour) 1888 Oil on mahogany, 32.4 x 40.9 cm National Gallery, London Boudin, who was born and grew up in the Normandy port of Honfleur and later owned a…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Le Port de Deauville (Deauville Harbour) c.1888–1890 Oil on oak, 28.8 x 41.3 cm National Gallery, London Born in Honfleur, Boudin – the son of a ship’s captain – was constantly fascinated by the life of Normandy ports.…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La plage à Tourgéville-les-Sablons (The Beach at Tourgéville-les-Sablons) 1893 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 74.3 cm National Gallery, London Tourgéville-les-Sablons, with its great sweep of beach, lies on the Normandy coast between Deauville and Benerville. Here, the two…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Scène de plage à Trouville (Beach Scene, Trouville) 1873 Oil on wood, 15.5 x 29.9 cm National Gallery, London Boudin started off painting seascapes, but he found a niche in the 1860s producing small beach scenes. These showed…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Scène de plage à Trouville (Beach Scene, Trouville) c.1870–1874 Oil on wood, 18.2 x 46.2 cm National Gallery, London By the mid nineteenth century, the Normandy coastal town Trouville had developed into smart seaside resort, attracting well-to-do holidaymakers…