#francois andre vincent

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

François-André Vincent (1746-1816) "The Greek Priest" (c. 1782) Oil on canvas Neoclassical

[portrait-paintings]

Portrait of Francois-Andre Vincent

Artist: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (French, 1749–1803)

Date: 1795

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Louvre Museum, Paris, France

François-André Vincent

François-André Vincent (30 December 1746 – 4 August 1816) was a French neoclassical painter.

[granstromjulius]

François-André Vincent

[quillaffinity]

web weaving about rivalry

p.s. glad you're back!! missed u

"call me by my name, curse me all the same"

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my dear, what need do we have for fighting? beloved, what we do is much more.

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the front bottoms, "twin size mattress" / edwin austin abbey's king lear, act I, scene I / ??? / lidia yuknavitch / lady gaga, "always remember us this way" / unknown's battle sarcophagus / sky ferreira / florence + the machine, "king" / school of katsushika hokusai's pheasant and snake / john banville / edwin lord weeks's study of two figures / traci brimhall / alicia ostriker / francois andre vincent's arria and paetus  / anna akhmatova

quill notes - tysm! im trying to be as back as i can possibly be :D

[agalmacoppelia]

Story imagery, character design - "The Magpie and Squirrel's Daughter", the changeling story

Character design: The heroine's father (the magpie) is/was also a writer, throwing himself into his career and passions at the expense of his family

Both the heroine (Larissa) and her father write/work best when in various states of undress. The sensation of fabric can be too distracting

Antoine-Vincent Arnault, secretaire de l'Académie française (detail). By François André Vincent, 1801

[oldsardens]

Francois-Andre Vincent - Portrait of Baron Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), bust-length, in a brown coat and white cravat

[martellspear]

“I was the oldest,” the prince said, “and yet I am the last. After Mors and Olyvar died in their cradles, I gave up hope of brothers. I was nine when Elia came, a squire in service at Salt Shore. When the raven arrived with word that my mother had been brought to bed a month too soon, I was old enough to understand that meant the child would not live. Even when Lord Gargalen told me that I had a sister, I assured him that she must shortly die. Yet she lived, by the Mother’s mercy. And a year later Oberyn arrived, squalling and kicking. I was a man grown when they were playing in these pools. Yet here I sit, and they are gone."

— Study of an old man; Francois Andre Vincent / A philosopher Looking into the mirror; Jusepe de Ribera / Anguish; August Friedrich Schenck | quotes: The Iron Claw • A Feast for Crows

[1ndivara]

young alcibiades,

Reference: alcibiades being taught by socrates francois andre vincent

(the shadow is supposed to be in the shape of a war helmet btw)

[amicus-noctis]

“Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.” ― Homer, The Odyssey

Painting: Detail from "Belisarius" by by Francois-Andre Vincent

[hotmessmaxpress]

rosquez and religion, part 1/3

francois andre vincent, st. sebastian// ptolemaea by ethel cain // k.a., confessions // alexander cabanel, the fallen angel // euripides, from grief lessons: four plays; translated by anne carson // boyish by japanese breakfast // sun bleached flies by ethel cain // frank bidart, half-light: collected poems 1965-2016 // tony kushner, angels in america // day after tomorrow by phoebe bridgers

[flashnthunder]

‘He's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war and without him all this killing can't go on, he's the Universal Soldier… and brothers can’t you see? This is not the way we put the end to war.’ -Universal Soldier

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Agamemnon- Aeschylus || Soldat und Tod- Hans Larwin || War Inside of Me- Lost Dog Street Band || David with the Head of Goliath- Caravaggio || Hang Me, Oh Hang Me- David Van Ronk || Amor Vincit Omnia- Caravaggio || The Old Shepherd’s Chief Mourner- Edwin Landseer || I Wish I Wrote the Way I Thought- Benedict Smith || Donovan- Universal Solide || Belisarius, Reduced To Begging, Recognized By A Soldier From The Army Of Emperor Justinian- Francois-Andre Vincent || It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Bleeding- Bob Dylan

[unknown171204]

Les Misérables 1991

After the semi-failure of the very first show in 1980

Les Mis should have logically fallen into oblivion … Without the miraculous intervention of Cameron Mackintosh !!

While he had just inaugurated Cats on Broadway, the concept album of the show was sent to him by the director Peter Farago, who having seen the stage adaptation of Robert Hossein and and wanted to create an English adaptation

Mackintosh, initially reluctant eventually accepted the challenge

It took him two years of work in collaboration with Herbert Kretzmer, Siobhan Bracke and James Fenton

The first adaptation of a French musical to finally be created in London in October 1985 at the Barbican Centre before moving to the West End :

The HUGE success will lead to the production of a second official French version ( we can even consider it as a remake)

Because it would be stupid to change a winning team

Cameron Mackintosh will take the reins of the project ( with behind him the shadow of Alain Boublil who will have to RETRANSLATE Kretzmer's texts which are translations of his own texts )

it is he who will stage this new version closer to the English adaptation than to the original show

The show will be performed in Montreal at the Théâtre Saint-Denis then in Paris at the Théâtre Mogador

1991 full album :

FRENCH DISTRIBUTION :

Robert Marien : Jean Valjean

Patrick Rocca : Javert

Louise Pitre : Fantine

Laurent Gendron : Mr Thénardier

Marie-France Roussel : Mrs Thénardier

Lynda Zaoui / Anne-Laure Grondin / Nora Kati / Aurélie Lebarbé / Marjorie Theillaumas / Karine Debec / Audrey Boitel : alternately little Cosette and little Eponine

Marie Zamora : Cosette

Stéphanie Martin : Éponine

Ludwig Briand / Cyrille Vannier / Alexis Tomassian : Gavroche

Jérôme Pradon : Marius

Julien Combey : Enjolras

Renaud Marx : Grantaire

Vincent Vittoz : Combeferre

Pierre-Yves Duchesne : Courfeyrac

Juan Pablo Armitano : Feuilly

CANADIAN DISTRIBUTION :

Robert Marien : Jean Valjean

Peter Zinko : Javert

Louise Pitre : Fantine

Andre Therrien : Mr Thénardier

Mireille Thibeault : Mrs Thénardier

Clotilde Aras / Adrienne Nye / Lily Russell / Aurelie Lebarbe / Marjorie Theillaumas / Anne-Laure Grondin : alternately little Cosette and little Eponine

Laur Fugère : Cosette

Stéphanie Martin : Éponine

Andrew Bauer-Gâdor / Gabriel Kakon : Gavroche

Frayne McCarthy : Marius

Francois Godin : Enjolras

Daniel Jean : Grantaire

Sébastien Dhavernas : Courfeyrac

Alexandre Beaulieu : Joly

Unlike the original show which had a lot of archive photos but few videos , here I was able to find more interesting materials :

The Full Live Recording of the Show :

Unfortunately ... the show is a resounding failure

Les Mis were snubbed for two reasons :

1 - France and musicals is an incredibly recent encounter !!

The public was not interested in this kind of entertainment, which was considered pedantic and unnecessarily expensive , it will be necessary to wait for "Notre Dame de Paris"

( ironically another musical based on a novel by Victor Hugo)

In 1999, for this kind of show to be adopted and appreciated by the public

2 - Fans of the first albums and shows felt betrayed

You have to understand that it is not easy to accept as a long-time fan that a work is cut or modified, while an Englishman allows himself to transform the songs and the scenography by declaring it superior ?!

( not to mention the Franco-English friend-enemy relationship which goes back a long way)

Hardcore fans took this as an affront and boycotted the show apparently, Cameron Mackintosh was so upset and disappointed by the situation that he declared France to be : "a musical graveyard" which only added to the public's bitterness

ANECDOTES :

I had already pointed out that in the 1980 version, Gavroche's actors often lent their voices to the world of dubbing coincidence ?

This is still the case here

The iconic voices of Alexis Tomassian

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Ludwig Briand became a famous child actor playing the role of Mimi Siku in the CULT French comedy film : " Un indien dans la ville "

...

Francois Godin ( Canadian Enjolras ) is a renowned Quebec voice actor !!

By the time I start looking at the 2024 version

I invite you to visit my Masterlist ( with my other posts on les misérables + other french musicals :)

[apothecaryassistant]

Arria and Paetus by Francois Andre Vincent - a study thereof

I like to go to art museums and just glom onto one piece in particular, and I spend half an hour just making notes on its composition then I just wander the rest of the museum in a daze because I already burned out my brain in the first hall.

This is a recurring event.

[twirld]

François-André Vincent (1746 - 1816) La Mélancolie

[artschoolglasses]

Alcibiades Being Taught by Socrates, Francois-Andre Vincent, 1776

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Francois Andre Vincent - Arria and Paetus. 1784.