The importance of narrative when it comes to enjoying art cannot be overstated.  While esthetic delight is equally valid as a starting point, most of us who feel nourished by the arts, know that how and why we became engrossed...

In 1888 Henri Rivière met Eugénie Ley, who was to become his wife in 1895.  Rivière recalls in his memoirs that thanks to her prudent management of their finances, starting in the early 1890s, the young couple was able to...