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Albany appeared in many of the films of Georges Méliès.. Her work on the Parisian stage included roles in L'alcôve de Marianne by Félix Gandera (Théâtre de l'Athénée, 1920), Les Fontaines lumineuses by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil (Théâtre des Variétés, 1935), and Crépuscule du théâtre by Henri-René Lenormand (Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, 1937).
Maison Devambez is the name of a fine printer's firm in Paris. It operated under that name from 1873, when a printing business established by the royal engraver Hippolyte Brasseux in 1826 was acquired by Édouard Devambez.
Inauguration of the Musée des colonies during the Exposition Bird's eye view of the exhibition grounds The replica of the Cambodian temple at Angkor Wat. The Paris Colonial Exhibition (or "Exposition coloniale internationale", International Colonial Exhibition) was a six-month colonial exhibition held in Paris, France, in 1931 that attempted to display the diverse cultures and immense ...
The Société nouvelle de cinématographie (SNC) is a French film production and distribution company [1] founded in 1934 by René Pignères and Léon Beytout.. SNC produced and distributed many films with Louis de Funès including the six films in the Gendarme de Saint-Tropez series.
Although she published one poetic novel (Les Chambres du Sud) and one historical novel (La Femme du premier ministre), most of her latest novels evoke the contemporary French society, often in a critical or ironical manner. She received in 2015 the "Grand Prix de littérature" of the Académie Française. [2]
Paul Cézanne, 1900-1904, The Grounds of the Château Noir, oil on canvas, 90.7 x 71.4 cm, The National Gallery, London. The aim of the salon was to encourage the development of the fine arts, to serve as an outlet for young artists (of all nationalities), and a platform to broaden the dissemination of Impressionism and its extensions to a popular audience. [1]
Eugenie Niboyet, named Eugenie Mouchon at birth, was born on September 10, 1796, in Montpellier, France.( Poujol 2003, p. 243) Eugenie wrote about her own family background in the last part of her literary work, The Real Book of Women (Le vrai livre des femmes [1]): "I come from a literate family with origins from Geneva, Switzerland," she wrote before emphasizing the importance of her ...
At the 1912 Salon des Indépendants Albert Gleizes exhibited Les Baigneuses (The Bathers) (no. 1347) — Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 was listed in the catalogue (n. 1001) [30] but was withdrawn prior to the exhibition — Roger de La Fresnaye exhibited Artillerie (no. 1235) — Robert Delaunay showed his monumental Ville ...