Whenever I see a sunflower, I think of Vincent Van Gogh, that mad (not in a good way) Dutch painter whose dauby impressionist works depicting vases of these yellow flowers have a habit of giving the auction world a nervous twitch whenever one comes up for sale. Van Gogh painted the sunflower series when he [...]
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Sunflowers/ Les Tournesols
Posted in Art in France, France, France in photos, French Holidays, Travel, Vendee, tagged art at auction, fields of sunflowers, flowers, France, les tournesols, sunflowers, Travel, Vendee, Vincent Van Gogh on August 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
La Venise Verte
Posted in France, French Holidays, Travel, Vendee, tagged Abbaye de Maillezais, Au Chant des Grenouilles restaurant, Boating in France, Boats, Charolais cows, France, French abbey, La Venise Verte, Maillezais, Marais Poitevin, row boats, Travel, Vendee on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Monsieur and I jetted off to La Rochelle recently for a long weekend in the Vendée region of France. The first couple of days were so suffocatingly hot that breathing felt like inhaling air directly from a fan heater, but then on the third day we awoke to grey skies, persistent rain and a drop in [...]
