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Category: FR Art / Architecture

Van Gogh and the Provencal Wind

30 November 2022 Margo Lestz

Vincent Van Gogh spent his last few years in Provence where he painted the local landscape. But did he also paint the local wind?

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Van Gogh in Provence

Van Gogh in Les Baux de Provence: What Would Vincent Say?

19 July 2019 Margo Lestz

A bigger-than-life Van Gogh exhibition in Provence. What would the artist say if he could see this?…

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Eiffel Tower oil paining

Happy 130th Birthday, Eiffel Tower

14 May 2019 Margo Lestz

The Eiffel Tower is a symbol of Paris itself. The grand old Parisian lady is celebrating her 130th birthday

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Notre Dame de Paris

16 April 2019 Margo Lestz

Victor Hugo’s words come true as Notre Dame burns…

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Montmartre and the Windmills of Paris

24 November 2018 Margo Lestz

Windmills aren’t what I would usually associate with Paris, but…

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Matisse, a Nun, and a Chapel

12 November 2017 Margo Lestz

“Night Nurse Needed – Should be young and pretty.” This was the ad Henri Matisse placed in 1942…

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The Artist and His Objects: Matisse in His Studio

27 October 2017 Margo Lestz

Some of the objects that Matisse collected showed up in his paintings and others served as inspiration…

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Jean Cocteau in London

4 August 2017 Margo Lestz

I’ve had the pleasure of visiting several sites decorated by Jean Cocteau on the French Riviera, but I was surprised to find his work in the center of London…

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Good King Rene

Good King René and His Fountain

27 October 2016 Margo Lestz

The city of Aix-en-Provence has a lot of fountains, but one of them caused quite a stir when it was unveiled in 1923…

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Sur le pont d'Avignon, Avignon bridge

Singing About the Avignon Bridge

13 October 2016 Margo Lestz

The Avignon bridge is known around the world today because of the famous children’s song, “Sur le Pont d’Avignon”…

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A Saint, a Convict, and a Gargoyle go into a Swamp…

21 April 2016 Margo Lestz

This story seems like a pretty reasonable explanation for all those gargoyles…

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Madame Tussaud: Ahead of Her Time

11 March 2016 Margo Lestz

During the French Revolution, Marie Tussaud was forced to make wax casts of severed heads. Later she took them to England and set up her Wax Museum…

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The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower

15 May 2015 Margo Lestz

It was 1925 and Victor Lustig was sitting in his Paris hotel room reading a newspaper article about the Eiffel Tower. That gigantic structure had

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The Cats of La Romieu

15 April 2015 Margo Lestz

One of the main tourist attractions in the small medieval village of La Romieu, in southwest France, is the abundance of cats to be found

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Madame Liberté

18 March 2014 Margo Lestz

The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognised symbols of the United States. But did you know that Lady Liberty is an immigrant?…

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