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Bouillon Julien
''Bouillon Julien'', formerly ''Julien'', is a ''brasserie''-type restaurant in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was made an official Historical Monument for its Art Nouveau style. History In 1787, the building hosted the restaurant ''Le Cheval Blanc'', became one of the first '' café-concerts''. The current building was erected in 1901–1902 by architect Édouard Fournier. The '' Art Nouveau'' restaurant was decorated by Louis Trézel, Armand Ségau and Hippolyte Boulenger, and opened in 1903 as ''Gandon-Fournier''. In 1924, the establishment was handed over to Julien Barbarin. Several signs representing peacocks were made by Armand Ségaud, whereas the mahogany counter is attributed to cabinetmaker Louis Majorelle. Louis Trézel depicted four women on several sintered-glass panels inspired by Alfons Muchas's iconography. The tiled floor, which depicts a wild aquilegia and daisy meadow, was crafted in Hippolyte Boulenger's pottery works in Choisy-le-Roi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rue Du Faubourg Saint-Denis
The Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis is a street in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. It crosses the arrondissement from north to south, linking the Porte Saint-Denis to La Chapelle Métro station and passing the Gare du Nord. History The Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis owes its name to the fact that it is an extension of the Rue Saint-Denis to the faubourg or area outside Paris's walls (as marked today by the Porte Saint-Denis). It also marked the eastern boundary of the enclos (later prison) Saint-Lazare. Historically, this street was an extremely upper-class area, occupied by jewellers and textile merchants, since it was part of the King's processional route to the Basilica of Saint Denis. After the French Revolution the street briefly bore the name Rue du Faubourg Franciade in 1793 (with the portion between Rue Saint-Laurent and the Place de la Chapelle being renamed Rue du faubourg Saint-Lazare and Rue du faubourg de Gloire). Length * from the Boulevard de Bonne-Nouvelle to Boul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Buffet
Bernard Buffet (; 10 July 1928 – 4 October 1999) was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor. He produced a varied and extensive body of work. His style was exclusively figurative. The artist enjoyed worldwide popularity early in his career but was shunned by art pundits later on. Today, there is a renewed interest in Bernard Buffet's oeuvre. His works can be seen in the collections of the world's leading museums, including the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, the Tate, and the Museum of Modern Art. Biography Bernard Buffet was born in 1928. He hailed from a middle-class family with roots in Northern and Western France. His spent his childhood in Paris. His mother often took him to the Louvre Museum, where he got familiar with the works of Realist painters, such as Gustave Courbet. This is likely to have influenced his style. In 1955, he painted a work that paid tribute to Courbet's ''Le Sommeil.'' Bernard Buffet was a student at the Lycée Carnot during the Nazi occup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Restaurants In Paris
A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearance and offerings, including a wide variety of cuisines and service models ranging from inexpensive fast-food restaurants and cafeterias to mid-priced family restaurants, to high-priced luxury establishments. Etymology The word derives from early 19th century from French word 'provide food for', literally 'restore to a former state' and, being the present participle of the verb, The term ''restaurant'' may have been used in 1507 as a "restorative beverage", and in correspondence in 1521 to mean 'that which restores the strength, a fortifying food or remedy'. History A public eating establishment similar to a restaurant is mentioned in a 512 BC record from Ancient Egypt. It served only one dish, a plate of cereal, wild fowl, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brasserie Julien
Brasserie Julien was a brasserie-style French cuisine restaurant located at 1422 Third Avenue (between East 80th Street and East 81st Street) on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City,Steinberg, Jon"Brasserie Julien" ''New York''. Retrieved April 28, 2013. as well as a jazz club. The establishment closed at the end of 2012. Restaurant The restaurant was named after the son of co-owners Cecilia Pineda Feret and Chef Philippe Feret, who was an executive chef of Windows on the World restaurant, located in New York City, and a pastry chef at Taillevent restaurant, located in Paris, France. The art-deco wooden decor was handmade by Chef Feret, including a replica of the elevator door of New York City's Chrysler Building. The 2013 edition of ''Zagats'' gave it a food rating of 18 based on 2012 data. The establishment closed in November 2012. Jazz club It was one of the few venues offering no-cover live music in the neighborhood, with resident jazz musician Sedric Chouk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Coupole (Paris)
La Coupole is a famous brasserie in Montparnasse in Paris. It was founded in 1927 during the Roaring Twenties when Montparnasse housed a large artistic and literary community – expatriates and members of the Lost Generation. They decorated the place in the contemporary art deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ... style and were regular patrons. References French companies established in 1927 Buildings and structures in the 6th arrondissement of Paris Coffeehouses and cafés in Paris Drinking establishments in Paris Restaurants established in 1927 Restaurants in Paris {{France-restaurant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Nouveau In Paris
The Art Nouveau movement of architecture and design flourished in Paris from about 1895 to 1914, reaching its high point at the 1900 Paris International Exposition. with the Art Nouveau metro stations designed by Hector Guimard. It was characterized by a rejection of historicism and traditional architectural forms, and a flamboyant use of floral and vegetal designs, sinuous curving lines such as the whiplash line, and asymmetry. It was most prominent in architecture, appearing in department stores, apartment buildings, and churches; and in the decorative arts, particularly glassware, furniture, and jewelry. Besides Guimard, major artists included René Lalique in glassware, Louis Majorelle in furniture, and Alphonse Mucha in graphic arts, It spread quickly to other countries, but lost favor after 1910 and came to an end with the First World War. History The Maison de l'Art Nouveau (1895) Art Nouveau had first appeared in Brussels, in houses completed in 1893 by Victor Horta, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Monuments Historiques In Paris
The term ''monument historique'' is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, garden, bridge, or other structure, because of their importance to France's architectural and historical cultural heritage. Both public and privately owned structures may be listed in this way, as well as also movable objects. Examples of buildings classified as monument historique include well known Parisian structures such as the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, and the Palais Garnier opera house, plus abbeys, churches such as Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and cathedrals such as Notre-Dame de Paris or hotels such as the Crillon. As of 2011 there were 1,816 monuments listed, 434 ''classé'' and 1,382 ''inscrit'', in Paris. Monuments historiques Abbreviations: Arr. = arrondissement; Ref. = reference. {, class="wikitab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chocolat (2016 Film)
''Chocolat'' is a 2016 French drama film directed by Roschdy Zem and starring Omar Sy and James Thiérrée. Synopsis The clown Chocolat becomes, in 1886, the first black artist of the French scene. Plot In 1897, a black man, the son of former Cuban slave, plays a small role as the cannibal Kananga in the modest circus Delvaux. George Foottit, a white clown, is asked by the director to bring up his routine. He gets the idea to have an act with Kananga; a white authoritarian clown and a black scapegoat named Chocolat. They are well received and the word spreads through France, reaching Joseph Oller, director of the Nouveau Cirque. He asks Foottit and Chocolat to take their show to his Parisian establishment. The success is immediate, and Chocolat becomes the first famous black clown. The success stirs envy in his previous employer's wife. She denounces him for being in France illegally. Chocolat is arrested and tortured by the police. "A negro always remains a negro," the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roschdy Zem
Roschdy Zem (born 27 September 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker of Moroccan descent. He shared the award for Best Actor for his role in the film '' Days of Glory'' at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Career Versatile and determined to not be typecast in "''Beur''" roles, Roschdy Zem developed his range, playing a General of Napoléon in '' Monsieur N.'' (2003), a Jewish father in '' Va, vis et deviens'' (''Live and Become'', 2005), and a transvestite in ''Change moi ma vie'' (''Change My Life'', 2001) alongside Fanny Ardant. He also appeared in roles highlighting issues in mainstream French society as well as in films promoting aspects of French and North African history such as ''Indigènes'' (''Days of Glory'', 2006) and ''Camping à la ferme'' (2005), based on a script from Azouz Begag. In 2011, he directed the film '' Omar Killed Me'', which was selected as the Moroccan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards. Selected filmography As ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Dahan
Olivier Dahan (born 26 June 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter. His third directed film, ''La Vie en rose'', was one of the only French cinema films to win two Academy Awards, including the first acting Oscar in the French language. Biography Dahan was born in La Ciotat, France, to a father of Algerian-Jewish origin. In 1991, Olivier Dahan received a diploma in art at the Art school of Marseille, then shot several short subjects and clips. In the beginning of 2004, he decided to shoot a film on the life of the French singer Édith Piaf. The film was a success and the actress Marion Cotillard won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Upon accepting the award, she credited Olivier Dahan for changing her life in whole and as an actress. In the afterwards of the Academy Award ceremony, Olivier Dahan started to work on an English-language road movie named ''My Own Love Song'' released on April 7, 2010. Selected filmography Feature films * '' Frères'' (1994), starring N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Cerdan
Marcellin "Marcel" Cerdan (; 22 July 1916 – 28 October 1949) was a French professional boxer and world middleweight champion who was considered by many boxing experts and fans to be France's greatest boxer, and beyond to be one of the best to have learned his craft in Africa. His life was marked by his sporting achievements, social lifestyle and ultimately, tragedy, being killed in an airplane crash. Early life Marcellin Cerdan was born at 9:00pm on 22 July 1916 in the "Little Paris" neighbourhood of Sidi Bel Abbès in Algeria. He was the fourth son of Antonio Cerdán (1880–1946), a day labourer, and Asunción Cascales (1886–1942)'','' ''pied-noirs'' of Spanish origin. Boxing career Cerdan began boxing professionally on 4 November 1934 in Meknes, Morocco, beating Marcel Bucchianeri by a decision in six rounds. He then ran a streak of 47 wins in a row between that first bout and 4 January 1939, when he lost for the first time, to Harry Craster by a disqualification in fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
