Grez-sur-Loing
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Grez-sur-Loing is a commune
in the Seine-et-Marne
department in north-central France
.
and is notable for the artists and musicians who have lived or stayed there. The Swedish artist Carl Larsson
met his wife Karin Bergöo while they were both staying at Grez.
The English composer Frederick Delius
lived here and dictated a number of works to his amanuensis
, Eric Fenby
, here. Their house was portrayed in the 1968 Ken Russell
film Song of Summer
, but it was filmed in England.
Others include Swedish artists Karl Nordström
, Carl Larsson
and Bruno Liljefors
as well as writer August Strindberg
, the Danish and Norwegian members of the Skagen Group, and Robert Louis Stevenson
.
Grez is featured in many paintings by The Glasgow Boys, where the bridge over the river is clearly featured. They were resident in the village in the early years of the 20th century.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne is a French department, named after the Seine and Marne rivers, and located in the Île-de-France region.- History:Seine-et-Marne is one of the original 83 departments, created on March 4, 1790 during the French Revolution in application of the law of December 22, 1789...
department in north-central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
People
It is located 70 km south of ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and is notable for the artists and musicians who have lived or stayed there. The Swedish artist Carl Larsson
Carl Larsson
Carl Larsson was a Swedish painter and interior designer, representative of the Arts and Crafts Movement. His many paintings include oils, watercolors, and frescoes...
met his wife Karin Bergöo while they were both staying at Grez.
The English composer Frederick Delius
Frederick Delius
Frederick Theodore Albert Delius, CH was an English composer. Born in the north of England to a prosperous mercantile family of German extraction, he resisted attempts to recruit him to commerce...
lived here and dictated a number of works to his amanuensis
Amanuensis
Amanuensis is a Latin word adopted in various languages, including English, for certain persons performing a function by hand, either writing down the words of another or performing manual labour...
, Eric Fenby
Eric Fenby
Eric William Fenby OBE was an English composer and teacher who is best known for being Frederick Delius's amanuensis from 1928 to 1934. He helped Delius realise a number of works that would not otherwise have been forthcoming....
, here. Their house was portrayed in the 1968 Ken Russell
Ken Russell
Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell was an English film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. He attracted criticism as being obsessed with sexuality and the church...
film Song of Summer
Song of Summer
Song of Summer is a 1968 black-and-white film written, produced and directed by Ken Russell, who also plays a cameo role as a philandering priest. It portrays the final six years of the life of Frederick Delius, when he was blind and paralysed, and when Eric Fenby lived with the composer and his...
, but it was filmed in England.
Others include Swedish artists Karl Nordström
Karl Nordström
Karl Fredrik Nordström was a Swedish painter and one of the leading members of Konstnärsförbundet, which he chaired from 1896 until its dissolution in 1920....
, Carl Larsson
Carl Larsson
Carl Larsson was a Swedish painter and interior designer, representative of the Arts and Crafts Movement. His many paintings include oils, watercolors, and frescoes...
and Bruno Liljefors
Bruno Liljefors
Bruno Andreas Liljefors was a Swedish artist, the most important and probably the most influential wildlife painter of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century...
as well as writer August Strindberg
August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during which time he wrote over 60 plays and more than 30 works of fiction, autobiography,...
, the Danish and Norwegian members of the Skagen Group, and Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....
.
Grez is featured in many paintings by The Glasgow Boys, where the bridge over the river is clearly featured. They were resident in the village in the early years of the 20th century.