Word: renoirs
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...have been of greater significance than The Election, you may be interested to learn that in the year of the now famous Hayes-Tilden mess--of which no one took note until two months ago--Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, Brahms finished composing Symphony No. 1 (op. 68), Renoir painted Le Moulin de la Galette. And Hilarion Daza was made President of Bolivia. And a juvenile reformatory was founded in Elmira...
...benefit of the step up. Presumably, you'd choose those with the most appreciation. But if your best stocks sag and the laggards charge ahead after you've died, you'd have chosen wrong. And how can you be fair to several heirs? If one gets a Renoir, another gets the house and another gets your stocks, whose bounty gets the critically important stepped-up value...
...June The Fogg Art Museum acquired a new art collection that included paintings by Degas, Cezanne, Renoir and Picasso...
...Whitney Museum of American Art was founded). In the past, it has mounted a lot of distinguished shows by living artists. But in these closing days of the Modernist century, it has chosen to commemorate itself and its founder. Through Jan. 23, the whole winding building is filled with "Renoir to Rothko: The Eye of Duncan Phillips," the chronological story of its creation, and it's one of the great American cultural narratives...
...Renoir asks us to make the philosophical jump to acknowledge that capture of any form is contrary to the human spirit. His mission fails, especially after the four are transferred to a tighter security prison in the heart of Germany. The prison is a fabulous castle placed in the German countryside. The train-ride through the European backwoods creates nostalgia for the innocence and beauty Europe held before World War II. Claude Renoir, the cameraperson for this film, does an excellent job capturing a sense of movement and depth, especially given the crude technology he had at his disposal...