Today is the 174th birthday of the artist Henri Rousseau. The world is a better place because he was in it still feels the loss
Tag: France
Happy 106th Birthday Robert Doisneau
Today is the 106th birthday of the French photographer Robert Doisneau. His images are known the world over. The world was a better place because he was
Happy 112th Birthday Samuel Beckett
Today is the 112th birthday of the playwright Samuel Beckett. Waiting for Godot was a big read one summer at Interlochen, it went around my group
Happy 85th Birthday Jean-Paul Belmondo
Today is the 85th birthday of the crown prince of the French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague) film movement: Jean-Paul Belmondo. Eschewing the popular subject matters and
Happy 127th Birthday Birthday Max Ernst
Today is the 126th birthday of the artist Max Ernst. I love his work. I believe that I first ‘discovered’ it in a large old volume
Happy 165th Birthday Vincent van Gogh
Today is the 165th birthday of the artist Vincent van Gogh. My first exposure to him was through a monthly calendar that my mom gave me
