Month: August 2014

Antonio Canova

(1757–1822) Marchese d’Ischia The artist’s works: Euridice 1775–1776 Museo Correr, Venezia Orfeo 1775–1776 Museo Correr, Venezia Dedalo e Icaro 1777–1779 Museo Correr, Venezia Orfeo 1777 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Teseo sul Minotauro 1782 Victoria and Albert Museum, London Amore e Psiche che si abbracciano 1787–1793…

Crucifixion blanche (1938)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Crucifixion blanche (White Crucifixion) 1938 Oil on canvas, 154.6 x 140 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris White Crucifixion is the first in Marc Chagall’s series of…

Le Violiniste (1912-1913)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Le Violiniste (The Fiddler) 1912–1913 Oil on linen tablecloth, 196.5 x 166.5 x 6.5 cm Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Marc Chagall completed The Violinist shortly after moving from St. Petersburg to Paris. It is a good example of the…

Autoportrait aux sept doigts (1912-1913)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Autoportrait aux sept doigts (Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers) 1912–1913 Oil on canvas, 135.5 x 117 x 6 cm Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Marc Chagall‘s Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers is not a naturalistic image, yet it describes a great deal…

Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam)

Founded: 1874 Address: Museumplein 10, 1071 DJ Amsterdam, Netherlands Website: https://www.stedelijk.nl/en Collection: • Chagall, Marc (1887-1985): Autoportrait aux sept doigts (1912-13) • Chagall, Marc (1887-1985): Le Violiniste (1912-13) • Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890): La Berceuse (1889) See also: • Amsterdam (Netherlands) | Museums

Philippe Noiret

(1930–2006) Filmography as Actor: La Grande Bouffe 1973 Director: Marco Ferreri Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli     Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? 1978 Director: Ted Kotcheff Starring: George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset     Speriamo che sia femmina 1986 Director: Mario…

Moi et le village (1911)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Moi et le village (I and the Village) 1911 Oil on canvas, 192.1 x 151.4 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York Chagall grew up in a Hasidic Jewish community in what is today Belarus. I and the…

Paris par la fenêtre (1913)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Paris par la fenêtre (Paris Through the Window) 1913 Oil on canvas, 136 x 141.9 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York After Marc Chagall moved to Paris from Russia in 1910, his paintings quickly came to reflect the latest…

Marc Chagall

(1887–1985) Moishe Zakharovich Shagalov The artist’s works: Le Pont de Passy et la Tour Eiffel 1911 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Moi et le village 1911 Museum of Modern Art, New York Le Violiniste 1912–1913 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Autoportrait aux sept doigts…