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Watercolor
Cemetery, Père Lachaise
Ludwig Bemelmans, 1898 - 1962
Bemelmans, Ludwig
United States
1898 - 1962
Male
17 3/4 x 25 7/8 in. (45.1 x 65.7 cm)
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sheet
Watercolor
Watercolor
ca. 1950
1945
1955
20th century, Abstract, MAG Lending Library, watercolors
Watercolor
Perhaps best known as the illustrator of the popular Madeline books, Ludwig Bemelmans breathes unexpected life into Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. Established by Napoleon in 1803, the 125-acre cemetery is the final resting place of such famous figures as Héloise and Abelard, Honoré de Balzac, Frederic Chopin, Oscar Wilde, and Jim Morrison. At least six gendarmes are depicted in this watercolor, most giving directions to bewildered tourists and one giving chase to a dog on the loose.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
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Barbara Bemelmans
1958.65
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
58.65SL1
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1/30/2013
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Watercolor
New York
Ludwig Bemelmans, 1898 - 1962
Bemelmans, Ludwig
United States
1898 - 1962
Male
Primary
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Watercolor
Watercolor
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1900-2000, 20th century, MAG Lending Library, New York city, paintings
Watercolor
The creator of the beloved Madeline stories had a sharp and satirical eye for the scenes that he found around him in his adopted city of New York. In addition to his children’s books, Bemelmans illustrated for the New Yorker, Vogue, and Holiday magazines. Currently, the curator is trying to determine if this artwork was designed for a New Yorker cover.
Upscale New York restaurant were familiar territories for Bemelmans. At age 14, he was apprenticed to his uncle, a hotelier in the Tyrol. The young Bemelmans’ lack of success – and outright bad behavior – contributed to his emigration to America, where he sought his fortune as a waiter at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in New York City. After serving in World War I, he opened and decorated his own restaurant. When a friend in the publishing business suggested that he turn his whimsical paintings into stories, Bemelmans wrote his first children’s book – Hansi. In 1939, Madeline appeared. He went on to write for adults, and in 1941, wrote Hotel Splendide, a fictional account of a grand hotel with an elegant, but problem-ridden restaurant.
Bemelmans is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. His public work survives in the 1947 mural commission for the Hotel Carlyle on Madison Avenue – in what is now called Bemelmans Bar.
[Label text, 2003]
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Barbara Bemelmans
1958.66
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
58.66SL1
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Drawing
Drawing for "Rosebud'
Ludwig Bemelmans, 1898 - 1962
Bemelmans, Ludwig
United States
1898 - 1962
Male
Primary
13 11/16 x 14 1/2 in. (34.8 x 36.8 cm)
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sheet
sheet
Ink
Ink
ca. 1942
1937
1947
Drawing
lower left, Inscription from publication processlower right, Inscription from publication processupper left, Inscription from publication processlower right, in image
Barbara Bemelmans
2021.89
item
Memorial Art Gallery
4/3/2005
2021.89DI1
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2021.89DI#2
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1/7/2022
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