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Bar in Hotel Scribe

Bar in Hotel Scribe
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Artist
Floyd MacMillan Davis, 1896 - 1966
Sitter
Floyd MacMillan Davis, 1896 - 1966
Gladys Rockmore Davis, 1901 - 16 Feb 1967
David Edward Scherman, 2 Mar 1916 - 1997
Janet Flanner, 13 Mar 1892 - 7 Nov 1978
William Lawrence Shirer, 23 Feb 1904 - 28 Dec 1993
Ernest Miller Hemingway, 21 Jul 1899 - 2 Jul 1961
A. J. Liebling, 18 Oct 1904 - 28 Dec 1963
Merrill Mueller, 1916 - 1980
Hans Von Kaltenborn, 9 Jul 1878 - 1965
Richard De Rochemont, 13 Dec 1903 - Aug 1982
Bill Reusswig, 1902 - 1978
Ham Green
Robert Allen Cromie, 1909 - 1999
Hugh Schuck
Will Lang, 1914 - Jan 1968
Lee Miller, 23 Apr 1907 - 21 Jul 1977
Graham Miller
Donald MacKenzie, 1918 - 1993
Robin Duff
Ralph Morse, 23 Oct 1917 - 7 Dec 2014
Charles Wertenbaker, 1901 - 1955
Robert Capa, 22 Oct 1913 - 25 May 1954
Noel Busch, 1906 - 1985
Date
1944
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Stretcher: 48.3 x 74.3 x 2.5cm (19 x 29 1/4 x 1")
Frame: 68.6 x 94 x 6.4cm (27 x 37 x 2 1/2")
Topic
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Costume\Headgear\Military
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Home Furnishings\Drinking vessel\Glass
Artwork\Photograph
Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigarette
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Stool
Caricature
Interior\Nightclub
Symbols & Motifs\Flag\National\French
Symbols & Motifs\Flag\National\British
Symbols & Motifs\Flag\Nazi
Container\Bottle\Wine bottle
Symbols & Motifs\Emblem\Hammer and sickle
Symbols & Motifs\Flag\National\USSR
Symbols & Motifs\Flag\National\United States
Lee Miller: Female
Lee Miller: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer\War photographer
Lee Miller: Visual Arts\Fashion model
Lee Miller: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer\Fashion photographer
Gladys Rockmore Davis: Female
Gladys Rockmore Davis: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter
Donald MacKenzie: Male
Donald MacKenzie: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Correspondent
Robert Allen Cromie: Male
Robert Allen Cromie: Literature\Writer
Robert Allen Cromie: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Columnist
Robert Allen Cromie: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Correspondent
Janet Flanner: Female
Janet Flanner: Literature\Writer\Novelist
Janet Flanner: Literature\Writer\Essayist
Janet Flanner: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Correspondent
Robin Duff: Male
Robin Duff: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Correspondent
Hugh Schuck: Male
Hugh Schuck: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Correspondent
A. J. Liebling: Male
A. J. Liebling: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper
A. J. Liebling: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Columnist
A. J. Liebling: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Magazine
A. J. Liebling: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Correspondent
Ham Green: Male
Ham Green: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Correspondent
Merrill Mueller: Male
Merrill Mueller: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Correspondent
Bill Reusswig: Male
Bill Reusswig: Visual Arts\Artist\Illustrator
Graham Miller: Male
Graham Miller: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Correspondent
Floyd MacMillan Davis: Male
Floyd MacMillan Davis: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter
Floyd MacMillan Davis: Visual Arts\Artist\Illustrator
Floyd MacMillan Davis: Visual Arts\Artist\Printmaker\Lithographer
Richard De Rochemont: Male
Richard De Rochemont: Literature\Writer
Richard De Rochemont: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Film director
Richard De Rochemont: Performing Arts\Producer\Film producer
Richard De Rochemont: Performing Arts\Producer\Newsreel producer
Richard De Rochemont: Oscar
David Edward Scherman: Male
David Edward Scherman: Literature\Writer
David Edward Scherman: Journalism and Media\Magazine editor
David Edward Scherman: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer\War photographer
David Edward Scherman: Literature\Literary critic
David Edward Scherman: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Correspondent
Will Lang: Male
Will Lang: Military and Intelligence\Soldier
Will Lang: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Magazine
Will Lang: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Correspondent
Charles Wertenbaker: Male
Charles Wertenbaker: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Correspondent
Noel Busch: Male
Noel Busch: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Correspondent
Ralph Morse: Male
Ralph Morse: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer\War photographer
Ralph Morse: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Photojournalist
Robert Capa: Male
Robert Capa: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer
Robert Capa: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer\War photographer
William Lawrence Shirer: Male
William Lawrence Shirer: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper
William Lawrence Shirer: Literature\Writer\Novelist
William Lawrence Shirer: Journalism and Media\Broadcast journalist
William Lawrence Shirer: Literature\Writer\Historical
William Lawrence Shirer: Journalism and Media\Broadcast journalist\Newscaster
Hans Von Kaltenborn: Male
Hans Von Kaltenborn: Journalism and Media\Newspaper editor
Hans Von Kaltenborn: Journalism and Media\Broadcast journalist\Radio
Hans Von Kaltenborn: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Correspondent
Hans Von Kaltenborn: Journalism and Media\Broadcast journalist\Newscaster
Ernest Miller Hemingway: Male
Ernest Miller Hemingway: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper
Ernest Miller Hemingway: Literature\Writer\Novelist
Ernest Miller Hemingway: Sports and Recreation\Outdoorsman
Ernest Miller Hemingway: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Correspondent
Ernest Miller Hemingway: Nobel Prize
Ernest Miller Hemingway: Pulitzer Prize
Portrait
Place
France\Île-de-France\Ville de Paris, Départment de\Paris
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© Life Magazine
Object number
NPG.88.57
Exhibition Label
After the Allies drove the German army out of Paris in August 1944, the bar at the city’s Hôtel Scribe became a favorite haunt for journalists. As one observer put it, an outgoing stream of “spruce correspondents” was always leaving for the front lines while an incoming flow of “disheveled correspondents” could be seen rushing back to fill their seats.
Among the Scribe’s patrons was war illustrator Floyd Davis, who painted this picture for Life magazine. The image shows the bar bursting with reporters, who gathered there to talk over their news stories and complain about army press censorship. Among the individuals featured are New Yorker reporter Janet Flanner and CBS newscaster William Shirer, who are seated at a table (lower center) with Ernest Hemingway. Just behind them stands the photographer Lee Miller, in a vibrant yellow scarf, and at top right lurks another photographer, Robert Capa, helmeted and unshaven.
Después de que los aliados expulsaran de París al ejército alemán en agosto de 1944, el bar del Hotel Scribe de esa ciudad se convirtió en sitio favorito de los periodistas. Según un observador, siempre había una hilera de “corresponsales aseados” que partían hacia el frente de batalla y otra de “corresponsales desaliñados” que regresaban a ocupar los asientos de los que se iban.
Entre los clientes del Scribe estaba el ilustrador Floyd Davis, quien pintó esta escena para la revista Life. El bar aparece atestado de reporteros que solían reunirse para hablar de sus artículos y quejarse de la censura del ejército a la prensa. Entre ellos están la reportera del New Yorker Janet Flanner y el locutor de la CBS William Shirer, sentados a la mesa (abajo al centro) con Ernest Hemingway. De pie detrás de ellos está la fotógrafa Lee Miller, con una bufanda amarilla, y arriba a la derecha se asoma otro fotógrafo, Robert Capa, con casco y sin afeitar.
Provenance
(Illustration House, New York); purchased by NPG 1988.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Exhibition
20th Century Americans: 1930-1960
On View
NPG, South Gallery 321