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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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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]
lower rightverso
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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