Word: regnault
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...century's early neoclassicists and a number of Goyas, the new spaces allow a full sampling of the sentimental and pretentious salon art that the century's avant-garde had to contend againstCabanel's sleekly erotic nudes, Meissonier's bombastic battle scenes, Regnault's slyly erotic-exotic Salome, Rosa Bonheur's huge Horse Fair, Bastien-Lepage's sentimentalized Joan of Arc. Of the 22 Courbets, only 8 had been on view in the past; of the 18 Manets, 10; of the 29 Monets, 12. Many...
...Juvissy, France, little Gabrielle Renaudot, a spindling girl with legs like matches, hempen ringlets and immense brown eyes peering from the wan mask of her face, would pause, with furtive admiration, to watch the famed astronomer meditating in his kitchen-garden. Her mother, Maria Latini, the original of Henri Regnault's famed painting, Salome, was a friend of Flammarion's. When she died, little Gabrielle went to the great man for advice and counsel. Was she fond of Science ? That was what he wanted to know. Ah, she would give her life for Science. He made...
...Sorbier is played perfectly by Mr. Philip Merivale. Felix Roget, the elderly friend of the family, and Marianne Regnault, the second choice of M. Sorbier, are the other two most important characters. The parts are executed in a flawless manner by Mr. H. Reeves-Smith and Miss Cora Witherspoon...
...York financial world, soon becoming president of the First National Bank, a position now held by his son. He also has been a director of over a dozen of the country's leading railroads. He has been a patron of the fine arts and in 1916 presented Regnault's famous painting "Salome" to the Metropolitan Museum. Columbia University has also benefitted by several of his large gifts...
...Automedon Harnessing the Steeds of Achilles," by Henri Regnault, which was sold recently for $5,900, does not go to the Corcoran Gallery, as it was understood on the night of the sale. It is said on good authority to have been bought for the Crow Museum of Cincinnati...
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