Les Fleurs dans Mon Jardin en Août

Bonica

Campanula Portenschlagiana

Physostegia Virginiana

Princess Potentilla Fruticosa

Meeting Point of my Cherry and Apple Trees

My Cherry Tree

Bonica: From the Rosaceae family. Dark green foliage, the branches has few thorns and comes with beautiful pale pink blossoms.

Campanula Portenschlagiana: From the Campanulaceae family.

Physostegia Virginiana: From the Lamiaceae family. Bouquet Rose has pink blossoms, Rosy Spire has red blossoms and Schneekrone has white blossoms.

Potentilla Fruticosa: Belongs to Potentilla in the Rosaceae family. Potens is Latin for forceful, strong. Abbotswood has white blossoms, Goldfinger has yellow blossoms, and Princess has pink blossoms.

18-19th Cent. Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Young Girl Mourning her Dead Bird

1759

Musée du Louvre

 The Broken Jug

1777

Musée du Louvre

The Milkmaid
Musée du Louvre

Portrait of Edouard Bertin

Musée du Louvre

L'Enfant a la Poupee
Musée du Louvre

Jean-Baptiste Greuze was born on 21 August 1725, in Tournus, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. He studied painting in Lyon. In ca 1750, Jean-Baptiste Greuze attended the Académie Royal, in Paris. In 1755, he painted Le Père de Famille Expliquant la Bible and Blind Man Deceived. In 1755, Greuze exhibited Aveugle Trompé. From 1755 to 1757, he was in Italy. In 1757, Greuze exhibited Indolence, Broken Eggs, The Neapolitan Gesture and The Fowler at the salon. In 1759, he painted Portrait of Ange-Laurent La Live de Jully, The Marquise de Bezons Tuning Her Guitar, Young Girl Mourning her Dead Bird and Silence! In 1761, The Marriage Contract, The Village Bride and The Laundress. In 1762, The Broken Mirror. In 1763, The Paralytic Father. In 1763-1764, Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). In 1765, The Well-Loved Mother, The Father's Curse and The Prodigal Son. In 1767, Girl Playing with a Dog. In 1769, Septimius Severus Reproaching His Son Caracalla for Having Wanted to Assassinate Him. In 1769, Jean-Baptiste Greuze became a member of the Académie Royal as a genre painter. In 1777, he painted the Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, La Malédiction Paternelle and The Broken Jug. In 1778, Le Mauvais Fils Puni. In 1780, The White Hat. In 1791, Comtesse Mollien with Puppies at Age Six. In 1792, Psyche Crowning Cupid. In 1801, St. Mary of Egpyt. His students included Madame Le Doux, Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié (1735-1784), Constance Mayer and his daughter, Anna Greuze. Jean-Baptiste Greuze died on 4 March 1805, in Paris, France.

19th Cent. Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (21 August 1858 - 30 January 1889)

20-21st Cent. Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (21 August 1930 - 9 February 2002)

19-20th Cent. Phyllis Dare

Phyllis Constance Haddie Dones was born on 15 August 1890, in Chelsea, London, England. She had two siblings, Zena (1887-1975) and Jack. In 1899, she made her stage debut. In 1905, she was Angela in The Catch of the Season. In 1906, Julia Chaldicott in The Belle of Mayfair, in London. Her sister, Zena Dare married Maurice Brett in 1911. Phyllis Dare was engaged to the composer Paul Rubens. He dedicated the song, I Love the Moon to her. In 1913, Dare appeared in the film Other Dances. Paul Rubens died in 1917. In 1940, the sisters, Phyllis Dare and Zena Dare starred together on stage in Full House. Zena Dare died in March 1975. Phyllis Dare died aged 84, on 27 April 1975, in Brighton, England.

18-19th Cent. Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821)

19-20th Cent. Briton Rivière

Briton Rivière was born on 14 August 1840, in London, England. He was the son of William Rivière. He attended Cheltenham College, before he continued his education at Oxford. In 1857, Briton Rivière exhibited at the Royal Academy. In 1863, he exhibited The Eve of the Spanish Armada. In 1864, Romeo and Juliet. In 1869, Briton Rivière painted The Empty Chair. In 1878, Briton Rivière was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy. Briton Rivière died on 20 April 1920, in London, England.

18th Cent. Marie Louise Élisabeth de France, Duchess Consort of Parma (14 August 1727 - 6 December 1759)

18th Cent. Princess Anne Henriette de France (14 August 1727 - 10 February 1752)

19-20th Cent. Abbott Handerson Thayer

Abbott Handerson Thayer was born on 12 August 1849, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. In 1839, he attended the Brooklyn Art School. Abbott Handerson Thayer married Kate Bloede. The couple's children included Mary Handerson Thayer, Gerald Handerson Thayer and Gladys Handerson Thayer. In 1875, he continued his education at the École des Beaux-Arts, in Paris, France. In 1901, the family settled in New Hampshire. His wife, Kate Bloede died in early 1900. Abbott Handerson Thayer married his second wife, Emma Beach. In 1909, he published Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom: An Exposition of the Laws of Disguise through Color and Pattern; Being a Summary of Abbott H. Thayer's Disclosures. Abbott Handerson Thayer died on 29 May 1921, in New Hampshire, USA.

16-17th Cent. Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (12 August 1566 - 1 December 1633)

20th Cent. Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (12 August 1904 - 17 July 1918)

20th Cent. Ann Harding

Dorothy Walton Gatley was born on 7 August 1901, in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA. In 1921, she made her Broadway debut. Ann Harding married the actor Harry Bannister on 21 October 1926. The couple had a daughter, Jane Bannister. In 1929, Ann Harding appeared as Mary Hutton in Paris Bound, Vera Kessler in Her Private Affair and Madame Vidal in Condemned. In 1930, as Linda in Holiday and Minnie in The Girl of the Golden West. Ann Harding received an Academy Award nomination as Best Actress for her role in Holiday. In 1931, she played Lady Isabel in East Lynne and Shirley in Devotion. In 1932, as Therese Du Flos in Prestige, Olivia in Westward Passage, Carolyn Ogden in The Conquerors and Daisy in The Animal Kingdom. Harding and Bannister were divorced in 1932. In 1933, she starred as Claire in When Ladies Meet, Joan Colby in Double Harness and Dr. Margaret Simmons in The Right to Romance. In 1934, as Sally Wyndham in Gallant Lady, Vergie Winters in The Life of Vergie Winters and Julie Von Narwitz in The Fountain. In 1935, as Marion Forsythe in Biography of a Bachelor Girl, Lotty Wilkins in Enchanted April, Mary White in The Flame Within and Mary, Duchess of Towers in Peter Ibbetson with Gary Cooper. In 1936, Anne Talbot in The Lady Consents and Paula Young in The Witness Chair. In 1937, Carol Howard in Love from a Stranger. Ann Harding married her second husband, the conductor Werner Janssen in 1937. The couple adopted a girl, Grace Kaye. In 1942, she played Norma Lawry in Eyes in the Night. In 1943, Marjorie Davies in Mission to Moscow and Sophia in the North Star. In 1944, Grace Thornton in Nine Girls and Lucile Conway in Janie. In 1945, Mrs. Brandt in Those Endearing Young Charms. In 1946, Lucile Conway in Janie Gets Married. In 1947, Mary O'Connor in It Happened on 5th Avenue and Aunt Matilda in Christmas Eve. In 1950, Katherine Robinson in Two Weeks with Love. In 1951, Fanny Bowditch Holmes in The Magnificent Yankee and Stella Mason in The Unknown Man. In 1956, Helen Hopkins in The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, Jane Stone in I've Lived Before and Mary Carmichael in Strange Intruder. Harding and Janssen were divorced in 1962. Ann Harding died aged 80, on 1 September 1981.

19-20th Cent. Billie Burke

Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke was born on 7 August 1884, in Washington D.C., USA. She was the daughter of the Circus Clown, Billy Burke. In 1903, Billie Burke made her stage debut in London, England. From 1910, she starred at Broadway. Billie Burke married Florenz Ziegfeld (21 March 1867 - 22 July 1932) in 1914. From 1897 to 1913, Florenz Ziegfeld was with Anna Held (1873-1918). Burke and Ziegfeld had a daughter, Patricia Ziegfeld born in 1916. In 1916, Billie Burke made her film debut in Peggy. In 1919-1920, she starred in Ziegfeld's play Caesar's Wife. In 1921-1922, in The Intimate Strangers. In 1922-1923, Rose Briar. In 1924-1925, Annie Dear. In 1932, as Margaret Fairlfield in A Bill of Divorcement opposite John Barrymore and David Manners. Her husband, Florenz Ziegfeld died on 22 July 1932, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. In 1933, she was Millicent Jordan in Dinner at Eight. Billie Burke appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1934. She was a client of the fashion designer Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff Gordon (1863-1935). Billie Burke performed in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1936. In 1936, Myrna Loy (1905-1993) portrayed Billie Burke in The Great Ziegfeld. In 1938, Billie Burke appeared as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live. She was nominated an Academy Award for her role in Merrily We Live. In 1939, she was Glinda, the Good Witch of the North in The Wizard of Oz with Judy Garland (1922-1969). In 1940, she starred in Hullabaloo and The Captain is a Lady. From 1943 to 1946, Billie Burke appeared in The Billie Burke Show on CBS Radio. She performed in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1946. In 1949, Billie Burke published her autobiography With a Feather on My Nose. In 1950, Billie Burke appeared in Three Husbands and Father of the Bride opposite Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011). In 1951, in Father's Little Dividend with Elizabeth Taylor. In 1952, for Television in Doc Corkle. In 1960, Sergeant Rutledge. In 1959, she published her autobiography With Powder on My Nose. Billie Burke died aged 85, on 14 May 1970, in Los Angeles, California. She was buried at Kensico Cemetery, in Valhalla, New York. In 1978, Samantha Eggar was Billie Burke in Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women.

19-20th Cent. Mata Hari (7 August 1876 - 15 October 1917)

20th Cent. Ann Dvorak

Anna McKim was born on 2 August 1911, in New York, USA. She was the daughter of Anna Lehr and Samuel McKim. As both her parents were actors and her father also director, she made an early film debut. In 1916, she starred in Ramona. In 1917, The Man Hater. She attended the St. Catherine's Convent, in Manhattan. She continued her education at the Page School for Girls, in Los Angeles. In 1920, she played in The Five Dollar Plate. In 1929, in So this is College, The Doll Shop, Manhattan Serenade, It's a Great Life and Devil May Care. In 1930, in Chasing Rainbows, Pirates, The Flower Garden, The Song Writers' Revue, The Woman Racket, Lord Byron of Broadway, Free and Easy, Children of Pleasure, Our Blushing Brides, Way Out West, Good News, Love in the Rough, The March of Time and The Snappy Caballero. In 1931, in Dance, Fools, Dance, Just a Gigolo, Politics, This Modern Age, The Guardsman, Tailor Made Man and Son of India. In 1932, Sky Devis, Scarface, The Crowd Roars, The Strange Love of Molly Louvain, Love is a Racket, Stranger in Town, Crooner and Three on a Match. In 1933, The Way to Love and College Coach. In 1934, Midnight Alibi, Friends of Mr. Sweeney, Housewife, Side Streets, Murder in the Clouds, Massacre, I Sell Anything, Heat Lightning and Gentlemen Are Born. In 1935, Sweet Music, G Men, Dr. Socrates, Thanks a Million and Bright Lights. In 1937, Racing Lady, Midnight Court, The Case of the Stuttering Bishop, She's No Lady and Manhattan Merry-Go-Round. In 1938, Merrily We Live and Gangs of New York. In 1939, Blind Alley and Stronger Than Desire. In 1940, Cafe Hostess and Girls of the Road. In 1942, This Was Paris. Ann Dvorak was one of the 20 original Goldwyn Girls, with Lucille Ball, Virginia Bruce, Paulette Goddard and Betty Grable. She was a friend of Joan Crawford. Ann Dvorak married the actor, Leslie Fenton. Ann Dvorak married Nicholas Wade in 1951. Nicholas Wade died in 1977. Ann Dvorak died of stomach cancer aged 68, on 10 December 1979, in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was cremated. Ann Dvorak has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6321 Hollywood Boulevard.

19-20th Cent. Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (2 August 1878 - 11 March 1958)