Edouard Manet, Music in the Tuileries Gardens (1862) © The National Gallery, London
An agreement signed “in a spirit of collegiality between the National Gallery in London and the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin, marks a new partnership approach to the long-running and bitter dispute between the two countries, over the bequest of masterpieces of late 19th-century French art by the art collector and dealer Hugh Lane.
In May 1915 Lane, returning from a work trip to New York, was among 1,198 people who died when a German U-boat sank the Lusitania liner. He left a will bequeathing his Modern paintings including works by Renoir, Manet, Monet, Degas, Morisot and Vuillard, to the National Gallery in London. He also left a signed but unwitnessed codicil in his desk, changing his will and leaving the paintings to Dublin. London kept the pictures, and the ensuing bitter row rumbled on for decades, involving successive British and Irish prime ministers, arts ministe
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Annecy in bloom. Pic: Mny-Jhee/Getty
Annecy, Haute-Savoie
On the shores of Lake Annecy is a medieval town brimming with Alpine charm. The so-called Venice of the Alps (Venise des Alpes), Annecy is a patchwork of quaint, shuttered townhouses towering over azure canals. You can while away hours strolling around the cobbled Old Town admiring the beautiful flowers or hire a boat to explore the lake.
The colourful Petite Venise district of Colmar. Pic: carmengabriela/Getty
Colmar, Haut-Rhin
The Little Venice (Petite Venise) district of Colmar is the sort of place that adorns the covers of travel magazines and guidebooks. The Lauch river flowing through the quarter is lined by half-timbered houses, many of which are souvenir shops and restaurants perfect for a waterside table with a view.