Tennis recreational players and is also a popular worldwide spectator sport. The four Grand Slam tournaments (also referred to as the Majors) are especially popular: the Australian Open played on hard courts, the French Open played on red clay courts, Wimbledon played on grass courts, and the US Open also played on hard courts. Historians believe that the game's ancient origin lay in 12th century northern France, where a ball was struck with the palm of the hand. Louis X of France was a keen player of jeu de paume ("game of the palm"), which evolved into real tennis, and became
Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume O'Toole's character General Tanz, visits the museum and is transfixed by a self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh, referenced as "Vincent In Flames". In Sara Houghteling's novel, "Pictures at an Exhibition (2009), the character of Rose Clément is based on Rose Valland. The novel "Portrait of a Woman in White", by Susan Winkler, about Nazi art looting in France, includes scenes in the Jeu de Paume with Hermann Göring and Rose Valland. Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume The Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume is an arts centre for modern and postmodern photography and media. It is located in the