La jeune baigneuse (1866)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La jeune baigneuse (The Young Bather) 1866 Oil on canvas, 130.2 x 97.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The traditional theme of women bathing attracted Courbet’s attention repeatedly in the 1860s. This scene revisits a…

L’Amazone (c.1855-1859)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) L’Amazone (Woman in a Riding Habit) c.1855–1859 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 89.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting of a horsewoman (in French, amazone) was first observed in Courbet’s studio in the late…

Rod Steiger

(1925–2002) Rodney Stephen Steiger Filmography as Actor: Doctor Zhivago 1965 Director: David Lean Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie     Waterloo 1970 Director: Sergei Bondarchuk Starring: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer     Jesus of Nazareth 1977 Director: Franco Zeffirelli Starring: Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey   Born…

La pêche (1862-1863)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La pêche (Fishing) c.1862–1863 Oil on canvas, 76.8 x 123.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Patterned after elements in landscapes by Peter Paul Rubens, the present painting gives currency to Delacroix‘s recommendation to Manet: “Look…

Les funérailles (c.1867)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Les funérailles (The Funeral) c.1867 Oil on canvas, 72.7 x 90.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet’s unfinished painting is thought to depict the funeral of the writer Charles Baudelaire, which took place on September…

Le Chanteur espagnol (1860)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Chanteur espagnol (The Spanish Singer) 1860 Oil on canvas, 147.3 x 114.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting, which reflects the Parisian vogue for Spanish art and culture during the Second Empire, won…

Julie Christie

(1940) Julie Frances Christie Filmography as Actress: Doctor Zhivago 1965 Director: David Lean Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie     Don’t Look Now 1973 Director: Nicolas Roeg Starring: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland     Heaven Can Wait 1978 Director: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry…

L’Enfant à l’épée (1861)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Enfant à l’épée (Boy with a Sword) 1861 Oil on canvas, 131.1 x 93.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet’s stepson, Léon Koëlla-Leenhoff, recalled that he had posed for this picture in 1861, when he…