Category: Art

Rose Beuret

(1844–1917) Rose Beuret Mignon Rose Beuret in Art: Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Rose Beuret c.1898 Musée Rodin, Paris     Rose Beuret in Film: Camille Claudel 1988 Director: Bruno Nuytten Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu   Born June 9 1844 Vecqueville (France) Died February 14…

Portrait de Rodin (1884)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Portrait de Rodin (Portrait of Rodin) 1884 Oil on canvas, 72 x 53 cm Musée Rodin, Paris See also: • Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Norton Simon

(1907–1993) Norton Winfred Simon Founder of: • Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena) Quote: Time, 4-Jun-1965, DETAILS: “In the Dostoevskian sense, I am the suffering man.” Norton Simon with his 2nd wife, actress Jennifer Jones. Born February 2 1907 Portland, OR (USA) Died June…

Cristina Kahlo

(1908–1964) Cristina Kahlo y Calderón Cristina in Film: Frida 2002 Director: Julie Taymor Starring: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina   Sister Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) Lover Diego Rivera (1886-1957) Occupation Art Model

Lupe Marín

(1895–1983) María Guadalupe Marín Preciado Lupe in Film: Frida 2002 Director: Julie Taymor Starring: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina   Born October 16 1895 Ciudad Guzmán (Mexico) Died September 16 1983 Mexico City (Mexico) Husband (1922–1928) Diego Rivera (1886-1957) Occupation Art Model Novelist Writer

David Alfaro Siqueiros

(1896–1974) José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros The artist’s works: Cabeza c.1930 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Desnudo sentado 1930 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Autorretrato 1936–1937 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cosmos y desastre c.1936 Tate Britain, London Autorretrato 1948 National Gallery…

Marguerite (1906-1907)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Marguerite 1906–1907 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 54 x 2 cm Musée Picasso, Paris See also: • Matisse, Marguerite (1894-1982)

Allegoria dei pianeti e dei continenti (1752)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Allegoria dei pianeti e dei continenti (Allegory of the Planets and Continents) 1752 Oil on canvas, 185.4 x 139.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The canvas, which is among Tiepolo‘s largest and most dazzling oil…

Stigmatizzazione di San Francesco (1767-1769)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Stigmatizzazione di San Francesco (Stigmatization of Saint Francis) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 278 x 153 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A depiction of a miracle in the life of Saint Francis of Assisi that took place in…

L’Immacolata Concezione (1767-1769)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) L’Immacolata Concezione (The Immaculate Conception) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 281 x 155 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This majestic image was part of a cycle of seven altarpieces commissioned in 1767 for the new royal church of…