"In 1883, which French impressionist artist, painted the picture ""Les Parapluies"", which depicts several people carrying umbrellas?"
The Umbrellas (Renoir) The Umbrellas (Renoir) The Umbrellas (French: "Les Parapluies") is an oil-on-canvas painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, painted in two phases in the 1880s. It is owned by the National Gallery in London as part of the Lane Bequest but is displayed alternately in London and at the Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane. In May 2013, it returned to Dublin for a six-year period. Renoir began the painting in about 1880-81, using the loose brushwork with dark and bright tones typical of the Impressionist movement. In about 1885-6, after losing his attachment to Impressionism and drawing inspiration from classical art he
Jacques Demy young man from "Lola" (Marc Michel) reappears here, marrying Deneuve's character. Such reappearances are typical of Demy's work. Kurt Vonnegut was a huge fan of "Les Parapluies", writing in private correspondence: "I saw "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg", which I took very hard. To an unmoored, middle-aged man like myself, it was heart-breaking. That's all right. I like to have my heart broken." Demy's subsequent films never quite captured audience and critical acclaim the way that "Les Parapluies" had, although he continued to make ambitious and original dramas and musicals. "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort" (1967), another whimsical-yet-melancholic musical, features Deneuve and