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Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” is an oil painting created in 1888 during his time in Arles. This still-life depicts a vase of sunflowers and is notable for its vibrant colors and expressive brushstrokes characteristic of post-impressionist art. The National Gallery possesses one of the most recognized vers...
Starry Night Over the Rhone is an 1888 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh, made while he was living in Arles in southern France. It depicts the Rhone at night, with stars and gaslights reflected as long bands of color across the water while two figures stand in the foreground. The work combines direct...
Chat en poche (English: 'Pig in a Poke') is a one-act farce by the French playwright Georges Feydeau, first performed in 1888. The title refers to the French idiom for purchasing something without inspecting it first. Like Feydeau's other works, the play relies on rapid dialogue, mistaken identity,...
Le Roi d'Ys is an opera in three acts by French composer Édouard Lalo, premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in 1888. The libretto is based on the ancient Breton legend of the mythical drowned city of Ys. The work is highly regarded for its lyricism and includes the popular tenor aria "Vainement, ma...
Les Fiancés de Loches is an 1888 French vaudeville in one act by Georges Feydeau. The plot follows two provincial suitors who travel to Paris to reunite with their fiancées, only to be mistakenly identified as dangerous fugitives. It is characteristic of Feydeau's early works, relying heavily on sit...
Les Surprises du divorce is a French comedy play by Alexandre Bisson and Antony Mars first produced in 1888. The play examines the social and personal complications of divorce in bourgeois French society following the legalization of divorce in France in 1884. It employs farcical situations to criti...
