Tag: Versailles

Vue depuis la route de Versailles, Louveciennes (1870)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Vue depuis la route de Versailles, Louveciennes (View from the Versailles Road, Louveciennes) 1870 Oil on canvas, 45.8 x 55.7 cm Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton Camille Pissarro was an important member of the Impressionist group, exhibiting at all…

Madame de Pompadour

(1721–1764) Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson Marquise de Pompadour Duchesse de Menars Madame de Pompadour in Art: Boucher, François (1703-1770) Pompadour à sa toilette 1750 Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA     Boucher, François (1703-1770) Portrait de Madame de Pompadour 1756 Alte Pinakothek, Munich     Boucher, François (1703-1770)…

La route de Versailles, Louveciennes (1869)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La route de Versailles, Louveciennes (Route to Versailles, Louveciennes) 1869 Oil on canvas, 38.4 x 46.3 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Compare: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La route de Versailles, Louveciennes, matin gel 1871 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas     See…

Ambroise Vollard

(1866–1939) Ambroise Vollard in Art: Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Portrait d’Ambroise Vollard 1899 Petit Palais, Paris     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Ambroise Vollard au foulard rouge c.1899 Petit Palais, Paris     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Ambroise Vollard 1904–1905 (printed 1919) National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa  …

Stéphane Audran

(1932–2018) Colette Suzanne Jeannine Dacheville Filmography as Actress: La femme infidèle 1969 Director: Claude Chabrol Starring: Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet     Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie 1972 Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Fernando Rey, Stéphane Audran     La cage aux folles III: ‘Elles’ se…

Camille Claudel (1988)

Director: Bruno Nuytten Producer: Bernard Artigues, Isabelle Adjani, Christian Fechner Screenplay: Bruno Nuytten Based on: Camille: The Life of Camille Claudel, Rodin’s Muse and Mistress by Reine-Marie Paris Genre: Biography | Drama | Historical Music: Gabriel Yared, Claude Debussy Country: France Language: French Studio:…

Versailles (1900-1905)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Versailles 1900–1905 Oil on canvas, 52.1 x 63.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Renouncing the informal approach of Impressionist painters during his later career, Renoir returned to more traditionally inspired motifs. This autumn landscape shows…

Louis XVIII (France)

(1755–1824) Louis Stanislas Xavier Louis le Désiré King of France (1814–1824) Louis XVIII in Film: Waterloo 1970 Director: Sergei Bondarchuk Starring: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer   Born November 17 1755 Château de Versailles, Versailles (France) Died September 16 1824 Palais du Louvre, Paris (France)

Jean de La Bruyère

(1645–1696) Works: • Les Caractères (French) ◊ The Characters (English) Quotes: • Jean de La Bruyère: Quotations Born August 16 1645 Paris (France) Died May 11 1696 Versailles (France) Occupation Philosopher Writer