Les Ambassadeurs: Aristide Bruant by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa was born to aristocratic parents at ...
On This Day: René Magritte
Magritte Impersonator by René Magritte Born as René François Ghislain Magritte on November 21, 1898 in Lessines, in the province of Hainaut, ...
Art History: Vincent Van Gogh: November 1889 In Saint-Rémy
The Road Menders, by Vincent Van Gogh, c. November 1889, Saint-Rémy During the time Van Gogh painted The Road Menders, he was still at the hospital ...
“Emily In Paris” A Travel Writer’s POV
Everything about this little show is a cliche. There, that's the bad part of the review. But, since we are in a time of pandemic sheltering in ...
On This Day: September 9: George Brassai
Brassaï et Gilberte à Genova Brassai - a nickname meaning "from Brassó" - was the pseudonym of the Hungarian photographer whose given name was ...
Out Of The Archives: Absinthe
Decadent. Mysterious. Bohemian. Dangerous. Romantic. Addictive. Poison. All are words used to describe that green devil of a drink, ...
Out Of The Archives: Savon de Provence
Soap can be purchased anywhere in the world, even le savon from the South of France. Many shops carry it, many grocery stores carry it. But there is ...
Out Of The Archives: Tarascon
A water filled moat surrounded the castle, and as I walked across its bridge, through the large gate and into the courtyard, I was suddenly and ...
Out Of The Archives: Les Alyscamps
Les Alyscamps, by Vincent Van Gogh Walking down the wide, poplar tree-lined path that leads through what is now a sort of jardin, I couldn't help ...
Out Of The Archives: Cafe de Van Gogh
The Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night,, by Vincent Van Gogh, c.1888 I am here, both now and in the future, sitting on the terasse ...