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Jacques Alexandre (* 18 July 1944) is a French photographer known for his artistic photography of women, children, and landscapes in two main artistic styles: First his romantic "impressionism period" in the 1970s, influenced by the impressionism paintings and then his "hyperrealistic period" starting in the 1980s, with straight compositions and strong colors.
Portrait of Madame Récamier is an 1800 portrait of the Parisian socialite Juliette Récamier by Jacques-Louis David showing her in the height of Neoclassical fashion, reclining on a Directoire style sofa in a simple Empire line dress with almost bare arms, and short hair "à la Titus." The work is unfinished.
La Belle Strasbourgeoise is the most famous of the circa 1,500 portrait paintings by Largillière, and arguably the most iconic work in the Strasbourg museum. The identity of the depicted woman is unknown: she may be someone from the Strasbourg bourgeoisie, or a young Parisian in disguise (Strasbourg had become part of France only 22 years prior, in 1681), or the painter's own sister, Marie ...
Although “The New Look” features a number of other colorful characters, including fashion designers like Cristóbal Balenciaga, Pierre Balmain and Hubert de Givenchy, they are largely defined ...
The Three Women of Gand: 1812 oil on canvas 132 × 105 Louvre Museum, Paris Portrait of Madame David: 1813 oil on canvas 73 × 60 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Apelles Painting Campaspe in the Presence of Alexander the Great: 1814 oil on canvas 96.5 × 136 Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille, France Leonidas at Thermopylae: 1814 ...
' The Beautiful Troublemaker ') is a 1991 drama film directed by Jacques Rivette and starring Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin and Emmanuelle Béart. Loosely adapted from the 1831 short story Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu ( The Unknown Masterpiece ) by Honoré de Balzac , [ 1 ] and set in present-day France, it tells how a famous old artist is stimulated ...
We're seeing double! Meet the Clements twins, Ava Marie and Leah Rose, who have been hailed as the "most beautiful twins in the world." The 8-year-old identical twins from Los Angeles have quickly ...
The Intervention of the Sabine Women is a 1799 painting by the French painter Jacques-Louis David, showing a legendary episode following the abduction of the Sabine women by the founding generation of Rome. Work on the painting commenced in 1796, after his estranged wife visited him in jail.