De Niro Art Retrospective

Robert de Niro has paid tribute to his father, a painter whose works are featured in a new exhibit in northeastern France. "This is a magnificent exhibit," an emotional De Niro said of the 56 works of his father, Robert de Niro Sr., who passed away more than a decade ago. The exhibit, in the recently opened La Piscine Museum in the town of Roubaix, is the first European retrospective of the elder De Niro's paintings. In the 60s, the elder De Niro spent several years living in France, studying Matisse, Manet, Gaugin, Bonnard and other painters who influenced his work. Irish Art