Dagorret » france http://www.dagorret.net Notes Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:05:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Malika Ménard : Miss France 2010 http://www.dagorret.net/2010/02/17/malika-menard-miss-france-2010/ http://www.dagorret.net/2010/02/17/malika-menard-miss-france-2010/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:59:38 +0000 Carlos Dagorret http://www.dagorret.net/?p=2879 Miss France 2010, the 63rd Miss France pageant was held in Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur on December 5, 2009. Malika Ménard of Normandy, was crowned Miss France 2010 by outgoing titleholder Chloe Mortaud of Albigeois Midi-Pyrénées (5th Runner-Up at Miss Universe 2009 and 3rd Runner-Up of Miss World 2009).

For the first time since 1987, Miss France was crowned by viewers votes (After announcing the 5 finalists during the live). Only the judges, selected the Top 5 (in the Top 12).

After Phuket (Thailand) last year, The 37 contestants travelled to the beautiful island, Martinique (Fashion shoots, videos, interviews…) from 13 to 21 November.

Malika Ménard is going to represent the country at Miss Universe 2010 in July 2010 and at Miss World 2010 in Nha Trang, Vietnam on November 2010. Runners-Up are going to represent the country in others pageants as Miss International 2010 and Miss Europe 2010.

]]> http://www.dagorret.net/2010/02/17/malika-menard-miss-france-2010/feed/ 1 Matisse’s “Les Poissons Rouges” http://www.dagorret.net/2009/11/23/les-poissons-rouges-de-matisse/ http://www.dagorret.net/2009/11/23/les-poissons-rouges-de-matisse/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:11:17 +0000 Carlos Dagorret http://www.dagorret.net/?p=2209 Goldfish have been a recurrent theme in Matisse’s art. Born in 1869 in France (d. 1954), Henri Matisse is regarded as one of the greatest painters of the 20th century. A prolific and versatile artist, in his creations he favoured intense and expressive colours, and often depicted intimate or natural scenes.

Goldfish in a bowl are integral part of the scene in many of his works, including:

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Poissons rouges et palette [1914]
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (USA)

poissonsrougesetsculptuPoissons rouges et sculpture [1912]
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (USA)

Femme et poissons rouges [1921-23] (also known as: Woman before an aquarium) Art Institute, Chicago (USA)Femme et poissons rouges [1921-23]
(also known as: Woman before an aquarium)
Art Institute, Chicago (USA)

Poissons rouges [1909/1912?]Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen (Denmark)Poissons rouges [1909/1912?]
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen (Denmark)

Intérieur avec bocal [1914]Intérieur avec bocal [1914]

poissonsrougesetpalettePoissons rouges et palette [1914]
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (USA)

If you’re interested in further reading, you may find these pages about Matisse’s art of some interest:
The Poissons Rouge [sic] Paintings, in English
Matisse, son œuvre, in French
Fauvism, in English

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