Tag Archives: France

1913: Cocteau

Posted on September 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jacques-Émile Blanche: Portrait of Jean Cocteau (1913)

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1981: The Innocent Eye

Posted on August 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Mark Tansey: The Innocent Eye Test (1981) The title of this painting is taken from a book by the artist John Ruskin, The Elements of Drawing (1857), where, in a footnote, Ruskin says that to see as an artist requires … Continue reading →

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1932: Summer in Saint-Michel

Posted on August 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Pierre Roy: L’été de la Saint-Michel (Nature morte) [Summer in Saint-Michel (still life)] (1932)

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1950: Mirrors Are the Doors through which Death Comes and Goes

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jean Marais in Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus (1950)

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1862: Traveling Companions

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Augustus Leopold Egg: The Travelling Companions (1862) The city in the background of this painting is Menton, on the Côte d’Azur, which had become a popular destination for sufferers of tuberculosis following the 1861 publication of Dr. James Henry Bennet’s … Continue reading →

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1842: Faustine

Posted on August 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

Henri Lehmann: Faustine Léo (1842) (sources here and here)

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1944: On This Day

Posted on August 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Paris, August 25 1944

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1991: Three Doors

Posted on August 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

Charles Matton: Boulevard Saint Germain (3 doors) (1991)

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1784: First Woman to Fly

Posted on August 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

On June 4, 1784, at the age of 19, a French opera singer named Élisabeth Thible became the first woman aeronaut in history by ascending in a hot air balloon in Lyon. A painter named M. Fleurant had been scheduled … Continue reading →

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1890: That Kind of Day

Posted on August 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Gustave Moreau: A Dead Poet being Carried by a Centaur (c. 1890)

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