artist
, born in Paris
. Signol died in Montmorency, Val-d'Oise
. Although he lived during the Romantic
period, his classical background kept him from succumbing to Impressionism
or Romanticism
.
Signol painted a portrait
of Hector Berlioz
at the Académie de France à Rome, Villa Medici
, during the composer's stay upon his winning the Grand Prix de Rome in 1832. Two years earlier, Signole had won the grand prize for the same competition's painting category with Titulus Crucis
.
...not as much as I am in the metamorphic or sedimentary rock categories. I mean I can take your igneous rocks or leave them. I relate primarily to micas, quartz, feldspar. You can keep your pyroxenes, magnetites and coarse-grained plutonics as far as I'm concerned...
Eunice!? That's a person named Eunice?
I love those old Ventegums.
It so happens, Mr. Simon, that Howard has had discussions with Leonard Bernstein about the possibility of conducting an avalanche ... in E flat.
...you are not Burnsy. Burnsy is Burnsy, I mean Eunice is Burnsy, I mean she isn't Burnsy. Nobody is Burnsy.
It's the television set, Eunice. There's a movie on--a war movie. They're getting dressed for the big battle.
Well, there's not much to see actually, we're inside a Chinese dragon.
Why, those are Howard's. What on Earth are you doing with Howard Bannister's rocks?
Don't kick those rocks, you Philistine!
There is an old Croatian saying, Bollixter, which goes...