Sous le haut patronnage de madame Geneviève BERTRAND,conseillère de Paris

Présidente de la commission culture et relations internationales

Alain Nicolas sera très heureux de vous accueillir au vernissage des oeuvres de

SIMONNE L'HERMITTE

sur le thème du cheval

Le 27 mai 2010 de 198 à 20 heures

Aux "NEUF MUSES " 41 quai des Grands Augustins PARIS 6eme

Deauville’s other obsession is horses. The town’s calendar is full of events for the four-legged set, and you can practically chart the seasons by the attire of the riders or handlers. Colored silks and whips? It’s racing season, primarily July and August. Long mallets and impossibly tight white trousers? Get ready for the August polo championships, with international teams competing for the Lucien Barrière Deauville Polo Cup. Suits and ties? The October yearling sales have arrived.

“Horses are the life of Deauville,” said Simonne L’Hermitte, who paints abstract works depicting horses, as she entertained guests at her stand in the Hippodrome de la Touques, one of its two outdoor stadiums for equine events.

The New York Times-Travel-Normandy’s Quiet Glamour