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28-452: Hotel Splendide may refer to: Hotel Splendide , a 1941 novel by Ludwig Bemelmans . Hotel Splendide (1932 film) , a 1932 British film Hotel Splendide (2000 film) , a 2000 British film Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hotel Splendide . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

56-446: A 1941 New York Times interview with Robert van Gelder, he related that while an apprentice, he was regularly beaten and whipped by the headwaiter. According to Bemelmans, he finally warned the headwaiter that if he was whipped again he would retaliate with a gun. The headwaiter ignored his warning, whipped him, and Bemelmans reportedly shot and seriously wounded him in retaliation. Given the choice between reform school and emigration to

84-451: A collection of travel essays that originally appeared in the magazine, Holiday (magazine) , to which Bemelman had been a consistent contributor. Each Madeline story begins: "In an old house in Paris, that was covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines... the smallest one was Madeline." The girls are cared for by Miss Clavel. Other characters include Pepito, son of

112-412: A loose and dizzy writer--- but this would be impolite, impertinent and ungrateful, for this gay, raffish author of Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep wrote a story which is a gem of impish, sophisticated and sardonic humor. When Miss Ryan set out to translate his verbal whimseys into the more solid statements of the stage, she handed herself a whale of a job. Reviewer Louis Scheaffer held the same opinion about

140-525: A man’s wonder at the unknown together with his determination to understand it and his need for spiritual inspiration to further his knowledge" by pairing the outstretched arms from Michelangelo 's The Creation of Adam with a depiction of a solar flare . He also designed commemoratives for the first World Refugee Year , the Lincoln Sesquicentennial, and the 1960 Winter Olympics . In addition to his stamp design work, Metzl served on

168-572: A model. As president of the Society of Illustrators from 1956–1957, Metzl took a young Ron Barrett under his wing. Illustrator Gyo Fujikawa was also a friend of Metzl's. From 1957-1960, Metzl designed ten postage stamps for the United States Postal Service . One of his best known stamp designs was a commemorative stamp for the first International Geophysical Year in 1957-1958, in which he "endeavored to picture

196-665: A notable cabaret . Bemelmans also wrote a number of adult books, including travel, humorous works, and novels, as well as movie scripts. The latter included Yolanda and the Thief . While spending time in Hollywood , he became a close friend of interior decorator Elsie de Wolfe, Lady Mendl . A mural on the walls of the Carlyle Hotel 's Bemelmans Bar in New York City, Central Park , is his only artwork on display to

224-462: A property in Paris that would serve as a serious, full-blown art studio. In 1953, he fell in love with a small bistro in Paris, La Colombe  [ fr ] in the Île de la Cité , and bought it, intending to convert it into a studio. He painted murals therein, but the project was a disaster owing to French bureaucracy, and after two years of frustration and disappointment, he unloaded it by selling it to Michel Valette , who converted it into

252-411: A sort of partner. He began to publish children's books, beginning with Hansi in 1934. He published the first Madeline book in 1939; after being rejected by Viking, it was published by Simon & Schuster . The book was a great success. Bemelmans did not write a second Madeline book until 1953, when he published Madeline’s Rescue . Four more books in the series were subsequently published while he

280-743: The Art Institute 's Exhibition of Posters for National Service. He created several posters for a series commissioned by the Chicago Transit Authority in the early 1920s. Metzl's posters, The Evanston Lighthouse by the Elevated Lines and The Field Museum by the Elevated Lines (featuring a toucan ) are still reproduced today. A 2004 exhibit in Chicago featured several of Metzl's transit posters, and

308-569: The Chicago Tribune art critic commented, "The boldest pieces, because they are the simplest in form and most lively in color, are by Ervine Metzl, who apparently began the series in 1921." The cover of Fortune magazine featured Metzl's depictions of an astronomical observatory and a comet (July 1932) and a window washer (November 1932). Working in Manhattan, Metzl influenced the lives and careers of other artists, as well. In

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336-688: The Ritz-Carlton in New York to become a full-time cartoonist. His cartoon series The Thrilling Adventures of the Count Bric a Brac was dropped from the New York World after six months. He associated with Ervine Metzl , a commercial artist and illustrator who is variously described as Bemelmans's friend, agent, and ghost artist. In the early 1930s Bemelmans met May Massee , the children's book editor at Viking Press , who became

364-489: The 1930s, graphic designer Paul Rand 's career was helped along by Metzl, who helped Rand find a position designing advertisements for a Manhattan ad agency. Metzl was also a friend of Ludwig Bemelmans , author of the popular Madeline books. Metzl is variously described as Bemelmans' "agent" and as his "ghost artist". It was in Metzl's studio that Bemelmans is said to have met his future wife, Madeleine "Mimi" Freund,

392-472: The Spanish ambassador, who lives next door; Lord Cucuface, owner of the house; and Genevieve, a dog who rescues Madeline from drowning in the second book. Bemelmans published six Madeline stories in his lifetime, five as picture books and one in a magazine. A seventh was discovered after his death and published posthumously: Bemelman's novel Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (1943) was adapted by Elaine Ryan for

420-666: The U.S. Postal Service Citizens' Advisory Committee. In recognition of his contributions, he was one of the inaugural recipients of the Benjamin Franklin Award in 1960. He wrote The Poster: Its History and Its Art , published by Watson-Guptill Publications shortly before his death. He also illustrated the Borzoi Chapbook No. 2, Rainbow , poem by Sylvia Townsend Warner (Knopf, New York, 1932). Metzl died in New York City on November 22, 1963,

448-600: The US. In 1917, he joined the U.S. Army , but was not sent to Europe because of his German origins. He did become an officer, and was promoted to Second Lieutenant. He writes of his experiences in the Army in the book, My War With the United States . In 1918, he became a US citizen. In the 1920s, Bemelmans tried to become an artist and painter while working at hotels, but had substantial difficulties. In 1926, he quit his job at

476-497: The United States, he chose the latter. It is likely this was one of Bemelman's famous yarns, since in John Bemelmans Marciano 's biography of his grandfather, he relates a simpler story: recognizing that Ludwig was an incorrigible boy, his uncle offered him the choice of going to America (where his father now lived), or going to reform school. He spent the next several years working at hotels and restaurants in

504-516: The difficulty in adapting Bemelmans for the stage, recognizing that the author's characters are nothing like what theatregoers are used to, and the course of events won't fit neatly into the usual genres. But he also held a high opinion of Bemelmans writing: A curious, beguiling combination of innocence and sophistication, of sweet humor and shrewd, worldly insight, Bemelmans has a sunny tolerance for his fellow creature's private or personal failings that illuminates all of his writings and goes far beyond

532-428: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hotel_Splendide&oldid=1026170542 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ludwig Bemelmans Ludwig Bemelmans (April 27, 1898 – October 1, 1962 )

560-465: The little gray virtues generally suggested by the word "tolerance". Despite the appreciation for Bemelmans writing by New York critics, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep lasted for only 44 performances, closing on April 8, 1950. Bemelmans is said to have met his future wife, Madeleine "Mimi" Freund, as a model in Metzl's studio. They had one daughter; their grandson is John Bemelmans Marciano . Bemelmans died in New York of pancreatic cancer, aged 64 and

588-631: The public. He painted the children's dining room on Aristotle Onassis 's yacht Christina (now the Christina O ), for Christina Onassis , the young daughter of the magnate. A collection of his short writings was published in 2004 as When you lunch with the Emperor mainly extracted from previous works which included My War with the United States (1937), Life Class (1938), Small Beer (1939), Hotel Splendide (1941), I Love You, I Love You, I Love You (1942), and “Bemelman’s Italian Holiday” (1961)

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616-699: The rights for his staging of the play to new producers Nancy Stern and George Nichols III, who after a tryout in Philadelphia, took it to Broadway. The production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on March 2, 1950. It starred Fredric March as the General and his wife Florence Eldridge as Miss Graves, with Jacqueline Dalya , Milton Parsons, Henry Lascoe , Rick Jason , Booth Colman , Stefan Schnabel , Charles Chaplin Jr. , and many others. Bemelmans

644-404: The stage in 1949. The production was produced and directed by Hume Cronyn and combined professional actors with drama students at Stanford University . Performed at Stanford's Memorial Theatre during July 1949, the production starred Jessica Tandy and Akim Tamiroff , with Jeanne Bates , Feodor Chaliapin , Milton Parsons , and Roberta Haynes as the supporting professionals. Cronyn sold

672-518: Was French and his second German. In 1904, his father left his wife and Ludwig's governess , both of whom were pregnant with his children, for another woman, after which his mother took Ludwig and his brother to her native city of Regensburg , Germany. Bemelmans had difficulty in school, as he hated the German style of discipline. He was apprenticed to his uncle Hans Bemelmans at a hotel in Austria. In

700-481: Was alive, and one more was published posthumously in 1999. Up until the early 1950s, the artistic media he worked in were pen and ink, water color, and gouache . As he describes in his autobiographical My Life in Art , he had avoided oil painting because it did not permit him to produce artistic pieces quickly. But at this point in his life, he wanted to master the richness of oil painting. To this end, he set out to buy

728-831: Was an Austrian and American writer and illustrator of children's books and adult novels. He is known best for the Madeline picture books. Six were published, the first in 1939. Bemelmans was born to the Belgian painter Lambert Bemelmans and the German Frances Fischer in Meran , Austria-Hungary (now Italy). His father owned a hotel. He grew up in Gmunden on the Traunsee in Upper Austria . His first language

756-718: Was buried in Arlington National Cemetery . Ervine Metzl Ervine Metzl was born in Chicago in 1899 to Ignatz and Bertha (Kohn) Metzl, Jewish immigrants from Bohemia . As a young man, he attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and showed an interest in poster design. In July 1917, in the midst of the First World War his Red Cross poster earned an honorable mention at

784-460: Was involved with the design of the production and present for the tryouts and Broadway performances. As with many of the author's novels, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep consists of a great many character sketches, location changes, and improbable events. Critic John Chapman identified this writing style as the ultimate problem with the stage production: If anybody is to be reprimanded in this dispatch, it probably should be Mr. Bemelmans for being such

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