Le Vieux Musicien (1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Vieux Musicien (The Old Musician) 1862 Oil on canvas, 187.4 x 248.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In a review of the 1846 Salon, poet and critic Charles Baudelaire urged artists to depict “the heroism…

Geneviève Page

(1927–2025) Geneviève Anne Marguerite Bonjean Filmography as Actress: El Cid 1961 Director: Anthony Mann Starring: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren     Belle de Jour 1967 Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel   Born December 13 1927 Paris (France)…

Herbert Lom

(1917–2012) Filmography as Actor: War and Peace 1956 Director: King Vidor Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda     Spartacus 1960 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier     El Cid 1961 Director: Anthony Mann Starring: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren   Born September 11 1917…

Anthony Mann

(1906–1967) Emil Anton Bundesmann Filmography as Director: El Cid 1961 Director: Anthony Mann Starring: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren   Born June 30 1906 San Diego, CA (USA) Died April 29 1967 Berlin (Germany) Cause of death Heart failure Occupation Actor…

El Cid (1961)

Director: Anthony Mann Producer: Samuel Bronston Screenplay: Philip Yordan, Fredric M. Frank, Ben Barzman Genre: Epic | Drama | Historical | Romantic Music: Miklós Rózsa Country: Italia | USA Language: English Release date: 1961 Running time: 184 minutes Charlton Heston…

Une ferme en Bretagne (c.1894)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Une ferme en Bretagne (A Farm in Brittany) c.1894 Oil on canvas, 72.4 x 90.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York From early in his career Gauguin was attracted to the relatively remote and unspoiled terrain…

Trois femmes tahitiennes (1896)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Trois femmes tahitiennes (Three Tahitian Women) 1896 Oil on canvas, 24.4 x 43.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This panel once carried a note by the artist: “To the unknown collector of my works, Greetings—…

Deux femmes tahitiennes (1899)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Deux femmes tahitiennes (Two Tahitian Women) 1899 Oil on canvas, 94 x 72.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The canvases that Gauguin sent back to France from the South Seas reflect the license he exercised…

Deux femmes (1901 or 1902)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Deux femmes (Two Women) 1901 or 1902 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gauguin based this formidable composition on a photograph of two women seated side by side on the…

Femmes tahitiennes se baignant (1892)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Femmes tahitiennes se baignant (Tahitian Women Bathing) 1892 Oil on paper, laid down on canvas, 111.12 x 89.21 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dreaming of a paradise where he could “listen to the silence of…