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Born. To Annette Dionne Allard, 24, second Dionne quintuplet (after Cecile) to become a mother, and Finance-Company Official Germain Allard, 25: a son; in Cartierville, Que. Weight...
Judicial Nod. In Fribourg, Switzerland, Judge Germain Kolly was fined 110 Swiss francs after Marcel Peiry and three associates-convicted of theft-asked for and got a new trial when they pointed out that the judge had slept through part of the proceedings...
...When Life Was Agreeable." With opening-day attendance more than 1,700, there was no question that the impressionists are a greater drawing card than ever before. Louvre Chief Curator Germain Bazin thinks he knows the reason. First, he points out in his forthcoming book, Impressionist Paintings in the Louvre, "impressionism has not yet become part of history. It is still a living legend." Second, at a time when France is sore beset on all sides, "impressionism gave back to us the vision of the days when life was agreeable, back in the 19th century, when Man, as always when...
...unusual link between popular music and great art, wrote: "You're the top, you're the Louvre Museum." While France is considerably less than she was 24 years ago, the Louvre is still the top. Last January, over lunch in Manhattan with visiting Louvre Chief Curator Germain Bazin, TIME editors began laying the groundwork for a comprehensive report on the Louvre and its great collection, to be keyed to a two-volume study of the museum being published this year. Photographer Eric Schaal was sent from Switzerland to take color photos of the Louvre masterworks, found himself...
Providing a handy anthology of the Louvre's highlights and recording the epic history behind its vast collection have long been pet projects of Art Scholar Germain Bazin, 50, chief curator of the Louvre. In his profusely illustrated The Louvre (323 pp.; Abrams; $7.50), published last week in the U.S., Curator Bazin covers 341 key paintings from the 13th to the 19th century. Next September the record will be brought up to date with the publication of his book on the impressionists. Together the volumes will be a clear case for Bazin's claim that the Louvre "contains...