The Daily Painting: Portrait of Andre Gid

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Portrait of Andre Gid

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Jaques Emile Blanche

(French, 1861-1942)

Portrait of Andre Gide, 1908

Oil on canvas

2 comments:

UnknownJune 18, 2010 at 1:06 PM
Who is he?
He reminds me of Snape.
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R. A.June 20, 2010 at 1:09 PM
I didn't know who he was when I posted the portrait, but according to wikipedia he was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947.
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