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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:
- Have an e-mail attachment translated into French.
- E-mail art dealers in Paris the website with attached flier for posting.
- Create French posts for social networks in France.
- Find and e-mail groups and networks of painters (in whatever form that may be) in Paris.
- 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