Archive for the 'San Francisco' Category

Picasso and the Bad Boys of Montmartre — Young Artists Coming Of Age (1904-1909)

September 18 2011 No Comments

Special Picasso Lecture by Dr. Anne Prah-Perochon. In the Spring of 1904, a young penniless Pablo Picasso lured by Montmartre underground culture… and cheap living moved there in a sort of artists’ commune, Le Bateau Lavoir. He stayed in this ramshackle building for the better part of a decade. His presence was a magnet for [...]

French in San Francisco

October 22 2010 No Comments

SAN FRANCISCO: A weeklong annual festival, French Cinema Now brings the most significant new work from French filmakers to the Bay Area. The festival covers a broad spectrum of subject matter and genres.

On Track to Impressionism: How Art Derailed The Orsay Station

September 27 2010 No Comments

By Dr. Anne Prah-Perochon, Vice-présidente de l’Alliance Française de Santa Rosa, October 15 at 7pm at  Musée De Young de San Francisco, Koret Auditorium. To celebrate the Impressionist exhibits : Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay at the de Young Museum , Dr. Anne Prah-Perochon, historian and contributor to the journal France-Amérique will present a lecture on [...]

Belden Place French San Francisco

August 21 2010 No Comments

Often dubbed the French Quarter of San Francisco, Belden Place (aka Belden Alley, Belden Lane, or Belden Street) offers a touristic, American repesentation of European dining. 

Musée d’Orsay à San Francisco

August 21 2010 No Comments

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Musée d’Orsay jointly announce two consecutive special exhibitions, Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay and Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay which will be on view at the de Young Museum for a combined eight [...]

Alliance Française de San Francisco

August 4 2010 No Comments

As members of the Alliance Française in Santa Rosa, we are always welcomed at the Alliance Française in San Francisco. Indeed, the Executive Director of AFSF, M. Pascal Ledermann, encourages us all to benefit from this reciprocal relationship.  Find out what is happening at AFSF and enjoy!  http://www.afsf.com/index.shtml

Musée d’Orsay at the de Young

May 28 2010 No Comments

The de Young is proud to be the only museum in the world to present two consecutive special exhibitions from the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. The first exhibition, Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay, debuts at the de Young on May 22 and runs through September 6, 2010. Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne and [...]

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Musée d’Orsay

April 1 2010 No Comments

May 2010: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Musée d’Orsay jointly announce two consecutive special exhibitions, Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay and Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay which will be on view at the de Young Museum for a combined eight months [...]

La révolution surréaliste

March 1 2010 No Comments

30 avril 2010 La révolution surréaliste. Conférence animée par Renée Morel, Proposée par le lycée français la Pérouse et San Francisco Bay Accueil Vendredi à 10h30 dans l’auditorium du Lycée Français La Pérouse 1201 Ortega Street, San Francisco (entrée sur la 20ème Ave.) Héritier du mouvement Dada, né du nihilisme qui a suivi la Grande [...]