Bonjour Monsieur Gauguin

The painting was made in the autumn of 1889 during the artist’s stay in Le Pouldu, Bretagne. The topic of Gauguin’s painting is associated with Courbet’s painting Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet of 1854 with which Gauguin became acquainted in the Museum Fabre in Montpellier that he visited along with van Gogh. 

However, the characters of the two paintings vary: the ceremonial mood of Courbet’s work on the one hand contrasts with the prosaic and civil character and certain irony in Gauguin’s painting on the other.

Personalities

Helsinki, Finland

 

Kings Road, Chelsea, UK

Henri Lehmann

Henri Lehmann (1814 –1882) was a German-born French historical painter and portraitist.

Self portrait, oil on canvas

Lehmann was a painter of portraits and religious, genre, historical, allegorical and literary works. He drew inspiration from classical mythology, Shakespeare, Goethe, and contemporary writers. Sometimes considered dry and academic, the best of his work can be both pure in line and graceful in form.

Dorothy West

Dorothy West (1907 –1998) was an American novelist and short-story writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance. She was one of the few Black women writers to be published in major literary magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. She is best known for her 1948 novel The Living Is Easy, as well as many other short stories and essays, about the life of an upper-class black family.

Dorothy West and poet Helene Johnson (standing, second and third from left) with friends at the Gay Head Light in the 1930s.

Dorothy West is remembered as one of the most important writers of the Harlem Renaissance and a pioneer for Black women writers. Her work explored the complexities of Black life in America, and her characters often challenged traditional notions of race, gender, and class. West's writing continues to be celebrated for its insight and originality.

Leslie Stephen

Sir Leslie Stephen KCB FBA (1832 –1904) was an English author, critic, historian, biographer, mountaineer, and an early humanist activist. He was also the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.

As an adult, Stephen was an agnostic atheist who wrote extensively about his views. In Social Rights and Duties, he explained how he came to lose his faith of his parents: "When I ceased to accept the teaching of my youth, it was not so much a process of giving up beliefs as of discovering that I never really believed." His second wife, Julia, was similarly activist in her writings on agnosticism.

Clovis Delacoux

Sculptor Clovis Delacoux, 1899 (silverpoint on cardboard) by Adolphe Giraudon c.1900, at the Musee National du Luxembourg. 

Byker Grove

Byker Grove is a British teen drama and coming of age television series which aired between 1989 and 2006 as part of CBBC on BBC One.

Set and filmed in Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, it was created by writer Adele Rose and producer Andrea Wonfor. It was aimed at an older teenager and young adult audience, tackling serious and sometimes controversial storylines. The show is notable for depicting the first gay kiss on children’s television, as well as its breach of the fourth wall in the final series. 

The show is set to be rebooted in 2024, produced by former cast members Ant & Dec (who played PJ & Duncan in the original programme). 

Märta Torén

Märta Torén (1925–1957) was a Swedish stage and film actress of the 1940s and 1950s.

After studying at the Stockholm Royal Dramatic Theater's Royal Dramatic Training Academy, Torén began her career on the stage and from 1947 she appeared in films. She appeared on the cover of the June 13 issue of Life Magazine in 1949.

Torén appeared in 11 American film productions during her brief career.[3] One of her roles was opposite Humphrey Bogart in Sirocco (1951), and she also co-starred with Dana Andrews in Assignment – Paris! (1952).

Pavement Artists Competition

Pavement Artists Competition organized by the National Handicrafts and Hobbies Exhibition and held on the entrance hall floor of the Central Hall, Westminster, London, Thursday 17th September 1953.

Pictures show artist Alfred Horton beside his crayon drawing titled Running Waters, and judge Miss Jean Carson.

Sheik Abeid Karume

Abeid Amani Karume (1905 –1972) was the first President of Zanzibar. He obtained this title as a result of a revolution which led to the deposing of Sir Jamshid bin Abdullah, the last reigning Sultan of Zanzibar, in January 1964. Three months later, the United Republic of Tanzania was founded, and Karume became the first Vice President of the United Republic with Julius Nyerere of Tanganyika as president of the new country. He was the father of Zanzibar's former president, Amani Abeid Karume.

Born at the village of Mwera, Zanzibar in 1905, Karume had little formal education and worked as a seaman before entering politics. He once proudly served as an oarsman for the Sultan's ceremonial barge.

In 1970, four young Persian girls refused to marry the 64-year old Karume. As a result, he ordered the arrest of 10 of their male relatives for "hindering the implementation of mixed marriages." He threatened to deport these men and dozens of other members of the Persian Ithnasheri sect to which they belonged. Because of Tanzanian President Nyerere's pressure, Karume eventually dropped the charges. However, a few months later, the 4 different Persian girls were forced to marry members of his Revolutionary Council and 11 of the girls' relatives afterwards were ordered by a judge to be imprisoned and flogged.

Karume remarked on the situation: "In colonial times the Arabs took African concubines without bothering to marry them. Now that we are in power, the shoe is on the other foot."

Rocking Horse

One of the last rocking horse craftsmen in Britain was Steve Winder from Ossett, Yorkshire. 

Using an axe and chisels he is able to start shaping a horses head in a few minutes. Pictured Steve in his workshop with an audience of children watching him at work.
22nd May 1949

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1890 –1978) was a British painter and etcher.

During the 1930s and 1940s he was celebrated as a portraitist, painting society figures such as Marlene Dietrich and the Duchess of Windsor.

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst | Portrait head study, probably Marguèrite Folin

Today he is best known for his small etched prints of beautiful, idealized women – many of them modelled by his first and second wives.

The Basque Boy

In August 1939 Brockhurst moved to the United States. In New York City, Brockhurst became both famous and rich with a series of society portraits but his printmaking output diminished, especially his etchings. He produced a few lithographs at the end of his career (around 1945).

Chiquita 1923-24

In 1951, he was elected to the National Academy of Design as an Associate member.

Ann Nightingale

Ann Nightingale, aged 25, seen here wearing a cat suit in navy and cerise in St James Park. 

Annie Avril Nightingale CBE is an English radio and television broadcaster. She was the first female presenter on BBC Radio 1 in 1970, and has remained a broadcaster there ever since. 

Miss Blackpool 1971

Model and winner, Miss Carolyn Moore 18 from Nantwich, Cheshire, pictured with contest judges from the 12th Light Air Defence Regiment. 24th June 1971.

In August 1971, Carolyn was also crowned Miss Great Britain 1971. Officers : Lt Richard Burdon of London. Sgt. Royston Bevan of Cardiff. Bombardier Robert Miler of Capetown. Lance Bombardier Ed Ferguson of Glasgow. Gunner Peter Hodkinson of Blackburn. 

Timber

 Working with timber in the UK.

Man chopping a tree down in Ashridge Park, Hertfordshire. 18th May 1954

Man in timber yard, sawing tree trunk, Devon.

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ANZAC Day

Anzac Day Māori: Rā Whakamahara ki ngā Hōia o Ahitereiria me Aotearoa) is a National Day of Remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served".

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The acronym ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, whose soldiers were known as Anzacs. Anzac Day remains one of the most important national occasions of both Australia and New Zealand; however, the ceremonies and their meanings have changed significantly since 1915.

The number of New Zealanders attending Anzac Day events in New Zealand, and at Gallipoli, is increasing. For some, the day adds weight to the idea that war is futile.

Anzac Day now promotes a sense of unity, perhaps more effectively than any other day on the national calendar. People whose politics, beliefs and aspirations are widely different can nevertheless share a genuine sorrow at the loss of so many lives in war.

Paper poppies are widely distributed by the Returned Services Association and worn as symbols of remembrance. This tradition follows that of the wearing of poppies on Remembrance Sunday in other Commonwealth countries.

In Turkey the name "ANZAC Cove" was officially recognised by the Turkish government on Anzac Day in 1985.

 

Elton John at the 1977 Reading Rock Festival.

The Reading Rock Festival 1977 was a true "sea of mud " festival as it rained spectacularly for several weeks beforehand.

As a consequence, the arena was a mudbowl with a veritable lake near the front of the stage. 

The inevitable coterie of 'mudpeople' had a ball, the rest just suffered and deadened their discomfort by indulging to excess with whatever stimulants were available.

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