La Grande Roue

Please help me find this painting / S'il vous plaît, aidez-moi à trouver cette peinture

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A few years ago, my father and I traveled to Ireland and France. While in Paris, we saw the above painter at the Tuileries Gardens outside the Louvre painting the La Grande Roue. Since then, my father has passed away. I'm trying to find this paining as a reminder of that trip and as a way to honor the memory of my father.

Inspired by "A Painting Finds Its Way Home" on NPR's The Story where a long lost painting is found by a procrastinating student, I'm devising a plan to bring this painting home. Similar to my efforts to obtain an interview with Robert Stephens, I plan to create a social media blitz to find this painting of the La Grande Roue and to document my progress. So far, I've brainstormed the following methods:

  1. Have an e-mail attachment translated into French.
  2. E-mail art dealers in Paris the website with attached flier for posting.
  3. Create French posts for social networks in France.
  4. Find and e-mail groups and networks of painters (in whatever form that may be) in Paris.
  5. Possibly find a sponsor who's willing to contribute a small amount of money for me to travel to Paris once the painting is found and for me to purchase it.

However, I need help. I do not know a lot of people in Paris, and my French is limited to Google translate. Please share this website with as many people as you can. Yes, I know this website's URL is lagranderou.com vs. lagranderoue.com, which was my mistake, but that mistake saved me about three thousand dollars in buying a domain name. #LaGrandeRouePeinture

Il y a quelques années, mon père et moi avons voyagé en Irlande et en France.
A Paris, nous avons vu le peintre aux Jardins des Tuileries, à l'extérieur du Louvre,
peindre La Grande Roue. Depuis, mon père est décédé.
J'essaie de trouver ce douloureux comme un rappel de ce voyage
et comme un moyen d'honorer la mémoire de mon père.

Cependant, j'ai besoin d'aide. Je ne connais pas beaucoup 
de gens à Paris, et mon français est limité à Google translate.
S'il vous plaît partager ce site avec autant de personnes
que vous le pouvez. Oui, je sais que l'URL de ce site
est lagranderou.com vs lagranderoue.com, qui a été mon erreur,
mais cette erreur m'a sauvé environ trois mille dollars en achetant
un nom de domaine. #LaGrandeRouePeinture

 

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01/08/2017

Art Dealers in Paris/Art Concessionnaires dans Paris

I will be adding a flyer/handout for art dealers in Paris soon.

Je vais ajouter un dépliant / dépliant pour les marchands d'art à Paris bientôt.

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05/18/2016

#TalesOnRail with Rail Europe

My heart skipped a beat when I saw Rail Europes' competition to travel to Paris and take a train trip through France to Switzerland. One, I love train travel, and have always dreamed of doing so in Europe. However, more importantly, this would provide an awesome opportunity to find the painting my father, and I saw on that beautiful day being painted of La Grande Roue. My dad has since passed, but finding this painting is just one more way to honor his memory. I can imagine such a trip would provide the unique opportunity to have boots on the ground (however briefly) in Paris to visit art dealers and any local artists who may know who frequents the gardens at the Louvre. Second, this is unlikely to be accomplished alone. I would want to make this a competition for those who are on the train with me going through France. Even if they simply share my posts made along the trip with others they know. How many degrees of separation between me and that painter can there be? Finding this painting is all about the journey, remembering my Dad, and having fun while doing so. Wish me luck! #TalesOnRails

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