Tag: Norton Simon

La Seine aux Andelys (1886)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) La Seine aux Andelys (The Seine at Les Andelys) 1886 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 64.8 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena See also: • Les Andelys (France)

Norton Simon

(1907–1993) Norton Winfred Simon Founder of: • Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena) Quote: Time, 4-Jun-1965, DETAILS: “In the Dostoevskian sense, I am the suffering man.” Norton Simon with his 2nd wife, actress Jennifer Jones. Born February 2 1907 Portland, OR (USA) Died June…

Jennifer Jones

(1919–2009) Phylis Lee Isley Filmography as Actress: Madame Bovary 1949 Director: Vincente Minnelli Starring: Jennifer Jones, James Mason   Born March 2 1919 Tulsa, OK (USA) Died December 17 2009 Malibu, CA (USA) Buried Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Husband (1939-1944)…

Portrait of a Boy (1655-1660)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Boy c.1655–1660 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 55.9 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena In its unfinished state, this exceptional picture offers invaluable insight into Rembrandt’s working method. Over the rich, dark ground, the body and…

La conversione della Maddalena (c.1661-1662)

Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) La conversione della Maddalena (The Conversion of Mary Magdalene) c.1661–1662 Oil on canvas, 229.2 x 265.4 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena In the seventeenth century, Guido Cagnacci was celebrated for his deeply sensual paintings of female saints and…

Marée basse, Berck (1886)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Marée basse, Berck (Low Tide, Berck) 1886 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 61.3 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Known as a pleinairiste, Boudin was among the first artists to paint entire compositions, rather than just sketches, outdoors (en…

La Plage à Trouville (1888)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La Plage à Trouville (Beach at Trouville) 1888 Oil on panel, 14.3 x 23.8 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Boudin’s beach scenes provide a charming record of resort fashion through the decades. Here the wide crinolines of the…

La Plage à Trouville (1880)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La Plage à Trouville (Beach at Trouville) 1880 Oil on panel, 14.9 x 25.1 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Boudin’s beach scenes provide a charming record of resort fashion through the decades. Here the wide crinolines of the…

La Plage à Trouville (1873)

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…