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The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux is the fine-art museum of the city of Bordeaux, France.The museum is housed in a dependency of the Palais Rohan in central Bordeaux. Its collections include paintings, sculptures and drawings from the 15th century to the 20th century.
Eugène Louis Boudin: Bordeaux, Boats on the Garonne ; Artist: Eugène Louis Boudin (1824–1898) Alternative names: ... painting. Date: 1876 Medium: oil on canvas ...
Three years later, he was elected to the Academy of Sciences.. In 1801, he founded the Musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux and became its first Curator. [3] In 1803, he became a Professor and, from 1804 until his death, served as the Director of the School of Painting and Design. In addition, he was placed in charge of restoring the Palais Rohan.
Bordeaux is a world capital of wine: [10] many châteaux and vineyards stand on the hillsides of the Gironde, and the city is home to the world's main wine fair, Vinexpo. Bordeaux is also one of the centers of gastronomy [11] and business tourism for the organization of international
The Place des Quinconces, located in Bordeaux, France, is among the largest city squares in Europe (approximately 63 ac or 25.6 ha [1] [2] [circular reference]). It was laid out in 1820 on the site of Château Trompette and was intended to prevent rebellion against the city. Its guns were turned towards the centre.
The Milkmaid of Bordeaux (Spanish: La lechera de Burdeos) [1] is an oil-on-canvas painting completed between 1825 and 1827, generally attributed to the Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746–1828). This painting is believed to be one of Goya's last works, completed the year before his death, and considered one of Goya's masterpieces.
The Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ teɑtʁ də bɔʁdo]) is an opera house in Bordeaux, France, first inaugurated on 17 April 1780. It was in this theatre that the ballet La fille mal gardée premiered in 1789, and where a young Marius Petipa staged some of his first ballets.
Painting by Pierre-Denis Martin of Château de Chambord in 1722. The château was built to act as a hunting lodge for King Francis I; [5] however, the King spent barely seven weeks there in total, that time consisting of short hunting visits. As the château had been constructed with the purpose of short stays, it was not practical to live in ...