Word: nuits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...election to the august French Academy, established 325 years ago by Cardinal Richelieu to safeguard the purity of the French language, was Novelist Paul (Ouvert la Nuit) Morand. At 70 he was suitably ancient, with his Scott Fitzgeraldish novels of the '20s had more claim to literary distinction than many of the "immortals" already in the academy. But he had also been Pétain's envoy, first to Rumania, then to Switzerland...
...Life with Apples, bought at auction last year by Greek Shipping Magnate Basil Peter Goulandris for the highest known price ($297,000) ever paid for a modern oil (TIME, June 24, 1957). ¶ Most of the little-seen Stephen C. Clark collection, including Van Gogh's Cafe de Nuit, El Greco's Saint Andrew, Rembrandt's Praying Pilgrim, Cezanne's Card Players...
Bechet: La Nuit Est Une Sorciere (Ballet...
...Manhattan Industrialist Stephen Carlton Clark (Singer sewing machines), longtime trustee of the Metropolitan Museum. Unlike many private collections, which tend to second-rate paintings by first-rate artists, the Clark show contained only jewels. Among the most brilliant: Vincent Van Gogh's great, glowing Le Cafe de Nuit, done in heavy, vibrant greens, yellows and reds; Rembrandt's beatific St. James, in which the praying saint appears surrounded by a holy presence; El Greco's bearded, cross-bearing St. Andrew, done in contrasting hues of grey, blue and green. The El Greco, now shown...
...through Schoenberg's tortuous Suite, Op. 25 and surprised even hardened modern music lovers: its improbable burblings came through almost as easily as a Viennese waltz. After that came Beethoven's Sonata, Op. 110 and, for a dazzling change of pace, Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit. When it was over, the audience demanded four encores...