Le Printemps (The Return of Spring) is a title of many paintings.
Le Printemps, created by artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau in 1886, is among the more well-known of his works. It is in the collection of the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska, and was acquired in 1951 as the gift of Francis T. B. Martin. In 1890 and again in 1976, the painting was physically attacked by several people offended by its overtly sensual nudity.
Another well-known painting by this title was made by Pierre Auguste Cot.
Famous quotes containing the word return:
“To save the theatre, the theatre must be destroyed, the actors and actresses must all die of the plague. They poison the air, they make art impossible. It is not drama that they play, but pieces for the theatre. We should return to the Greeks, play in the open air; the drama dies of stalls and boxes and evening dress, and people who come to digest their dinner.”
—Eleonora Duse (1859–1924)