Tag: Gustave
The painting “The Origin of the World” by Gustave Courbet victim of a tag
It is undoubtedly the most famous female nude in France. “The Origin of the World”, the painting by Gustave Courbet representing the genitals of a woman in close-up, was vandalized…
Gustave Eiffel: The “Iron Wizard” also constructed these buildings
His buildings can be found on all five continents. But most people only associate the French civil engineer and entrepreneur with the Eiffel Tower named after him. His involvement in…
Gustave Eiffel’s buildings: Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, well-known bridges
His buildings can be found on all five continents. But most people only associate the French civil engineer and entrepreneur with the Eiffel Tower named after him. His involvement in…
Rest assured, Gustave Flaubert also made mistakes… when traveling in the “Pyrenees”
From “n”, an “i”, an “e”? Pupils who have stumbled over the spelling of “Pyrenees” can be reassured: Gustav Flaubert himself made a mistake in this proper name, as revealed…
Fact and Fiction with Gustave Flaubert – Culture
For eighteen months the gentlemen “Bouvard and Pécuchet”, the heroes of the last and strangest of Flaubert’s novels, had been looking for a house in the province where they could…
For the 200th birthday of Gustave Flaubert – Culture
At the beginning of June 1853, Madame Pouchet died in Rouen when she had a stroke and fell from her horse while riding with her husband, a doctor and zoologist.…