16 Septembre
Toulouse surprised me. Meant to be nothing more than a pit stop in our meandering from city to city, it was stimulating. The older parts of the city were full of youth, energy and reassurance. And as a reminder, the town kept some of the remains of buildings bombed during the second world war.
Aftering viewing the Jacobins and the remains of Thomas Aquinas, I spent about two hours at the Fondation Bemberg (http://www.fondation-bemberg.fr/), a splendid and thorough collection of 17-19th century art including pointilism, impressionism, 16th century Venetian art, collections of rare books, and more. The 2nd floor was composed of works from the modern French school.
- Louis Leopold Boilly "La lettre" (1787)
- Pierre Bonnard "Marine" (1910)
- Paul Cezanne "Passage montagneux des environs d'Aix" (1890-1895)
- Johannes Covens "Table setting"
- Paul Gaugin "Tete de jeune paysan"
- Stanislav Lepine "Vue de la Seine et du Trocadero a le pont de Grenelle"
- Henri Matisse "Vue d'Antibes" (1925)
- Claude Monet "Bateaux sur la plage Etretat" (1883)
- Auguste Renior "Portrait de jeune fille"
- Auguste Rodin "L'age d'Airain" (1876)
- Louis Valtat "Les rochers rouge"
The early evening was spent in the main square, around the Capitolium. Henri Guerin's works of stained glass, in the Capitolium, moved me. He wrote that "to create is the sovereign act of life." (http://www.henri-guerin.com/). I enjoyed a lengthy dinner and strolled the older streets.
Toulouse surprised me. Meant to be nothing more than a pit stop in our meandering from city to city, it was stimulating. The older parts of the city were full of youth, energy and reassurance. And as a reminder, the town kept some of the remains of buildings bombed during the second world war.
Aftering viewing the Jacobins and the remains of Thomas Aquinas, I spent about two hours at the Fondation Bemberg (http://www.fondation-bemberg.fr/), a splendid and thorough collection of 17-19th century art including pointilism, impressionism, 16th century Venetian art, collections of rare books, and more. The 2nd floor was composed of works from the modern French school.
- Louis Leopold Boilly "La lettre" (1787)
- Pierre Bonnard "Marine" (1910)
- Paul Cezanne "Passage montagneux des environs d'Aix" (1890-1895)
- Johannes Covens "Table setting"
- Paul Gaugin "Tete de jeune paysan"
- Stanislav Lepine "Vue de la Seine et du Trocadero a le pont de Grenelle"
- Henri Matisse "Vue d'Antibes" (1925)
- Claude Monet "Bateaux sur la plage Etretat" (1883)
- Auguste Renior "Portrait de jeune fille"
- Auguste Rodin "L'age d'Airain" (1876)
- Louis Valtat "Les rochers rouge"
The early evening was spent in the main square, around the Capitolium. Henri Guerin's works of stained glass, in the Capitolium, moved me. He wrote that "to create is the sovereign act of life." (http://www.henri-guerin.com/). I enjoyed a lengthy dinner and strolled the older streets.
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