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BIKASH BHATTACHARJEE 1/3 – He was an Indian painter from West Bengal, who lived in Kolkata all his life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXxtAG1P1Pw Through his paintings he depicted the life of the average Bengali middle-class. He painted with oils, acrylics and water-colours. He achieved commercial success early in life with his Doll Series in the 1960s. He is credited with bringing realism back …

ROSA DE JONG 1/3 – She was born in Amsterdam in 1987. After studying for commercial art direction and working for one or two agencies, she started working as a freelance art designer and animator in Amsterdam. Her personal goal is to tell the real story of the brand and set it apart from the crowd, making every piece of communication …

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Culture and eclecticism is what characterizes the festive offers found in Dordogne. With over 30 festivals throughout the year it offers a wide range of events to be discovered. As soon as the weather permits, start events including classical and traditional music, rock, jazz, theater, exhibitions, readings and animate lectures in the smallest villages. From April to June, you can …

Martin Walker is a senior director of a private think-tank based in Washington, DC. He is also emeritus editor of United Press International (and was a journalist for The Guardian for 25 years, serving as bureau chief in Moscow and the United States). He has written for such publications as The New York Times and The Times Literary Supplement. He …

Gironde is a department in the southwest France. It is named for the Gironde estuary, a major waterway. The Bordeaux wine region is in the Gironde. http://meetingbenches.com/2017/04/traveling-around-bordeaux-france-yes-theres-plenty-around-bordeaux/ The Atlantic Gironde? It awaits you full of pine trees, large lakes and beautiful bike paths. You can ride along the banks of the Arcachon basin, climbing over the dune of Pyla (107 …

He was a French poet and screenwriter, and his poems remain very popular in the French-speaking world. His poems are often about life in Paris and life after the Second World War. Prévert’s first collection of poetry “Paroles” (Words) appeared late in 1945. One of his most famous poems – Barbara – were very popular among French youth in 50-es. …

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ANDRE’ LHOTE 1/3 – He was a French Cubist painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes and still life. His way of painting? Complex of interacting systems and geometric shapes, with no precise modulated colors. He was born in Bordeaux and from the age of twelve he began to carve and sculpt the wood. He enrolled at the School of Fine …

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Bewitch meaning? To attract someone a lot, so that you have the power to influence him/her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9uGwaREp_0 Emily Dickinson records two souls conversing in a crypt and Baudelaire lays bare the wiles of the incubus. http://meetingbenches.com/2017/04/witches-paintings/ Bewitched and haunted poems draws on three thousand years of poetic forays into the supernatural. http://meetingbenches.com/2017/04/bewitched-landscapes-world/ THE WITCH – Victor Buhagiar The swamp smelt …

FRANCISCO GOYA 1/4 – The son of a guilder, who spent some of his youth in Saragossa. Francisco José de Goya y Lucient was considered the most important Spanish artist of late 18th and early 19th centuries. He studied painting from age 14 and moved to Madrid to study with Anton Mengs. He submitted entries for Real Academia de Bellas …

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