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Antonia in prize frame
; ...competition of its kind in the UK with prize money totalling pounds25,000. Her nominated painting is By the River at Les Andelys, a landscape painted from the banks of the River Seine just upstream from Rouen in France. Asked how she felt about...
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3 paintings set world auction records Art
; ...first record, set within five minutes of the beginning Monday night, was also the first surprise of the evening. ''Les Andelys. Les Laveuses'' was painted by Paul Signac in 1886 using the Pointilliste technique to which the Pointilliste movement...
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late deal; travel.(News)
; ...Cruise Agents Alliance (0870 122 5115) offers seven-night river cruise ex-Paris April 12 on luxury Peter Deilmann, via Les Andelys, Caudebec, Rouen, and Vernon. Package at pounds 635 incl full-board and transfers. Travel to Paris is extra BALTIC CAPITALS...
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A chaotic market in times of scarcity Odd Impressionist and Modern sales
; ...month. Early in the sale, a landscape by Paul Signac with village women washing their laundry in the Seine River, ''Les Andelys. Les Laveuses,'' illustrated a traditional theme in French painting. Purely descriptive, the scene looks like an enlarged...
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NORMANDY: FRANCE WITHOUT THE CROWDS.(Sunday Magazine/Travel)
; ...we drove northwest for about an hour to the town of Les Andelys, which sits on the Seine River under the brooding ruins...name from an iron chain that barred vessels from passing Les Andelys without paying tolls. The burghers happily called the...
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Inflation drives art to record pricesMarket inconsistency troubles experts
; ...among these the conventional riverside view painted at Les Andelys in June 1886. Not even the Pointillist technique of...des Artistes Independants in 1887 and, amazingly, ''Les Andelys. Les Laveuses'' became the most expensive Signac ever as...
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(book review)
; ...rewritten and incorporated into Gaspard, such as Jacquesles-Andelys (336-38) or Les Lavandieres (351). Rather, the latter appear in the section of variants of the prose poems (to Les Grandes Compagnies and Jean des Tilles, respectively...
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Where the art is ... escapeshortbreaks.
; ...Travelling inland across the Seine, my next stop was Les Andelys. The town is dominated by the Chateau Gaillard, built...to find the view I was really seeking. Signac painted Les Andelys - The Washerwomen - by the water's edge, and I found...
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The 50 Best; LOVE IN A COLD CLIMATE (AND A FEW HOT ONES, TOO) Valentine's Day is imminent - but you don't need that as an excuse. Caroline Murphy asked the experts to recommend the most romantic places around the world for indulging in a little lurve, whatever the time of year...
; ...Hartfield, East Sussex (01892 770425) 2 LA CHAINE D'OR, LES ANDELYS For those who like history, La Chaine d'Or, an 18th-century...with dinner. Who to call: La Chaine d'Or, 27 Rue Grande, Les Andelys, France (00 33 2 3254 0031) 3 CHATEAU DE BAGNOLS, RHONE...
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Reader Holiday Offer...(Features)
; ...a good quality hotel in Rouen Visit to Paris Tour of Bayeux and Normandy Landing Beaches Visit to Monet's Garden and Les Andelys All bedrooms with en suite bathroom Services of a Mistral Tour Representative
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