(1881–1959) Cecil Blount DeMille Filmography as Director: Samson and Delilah 1949 Director: Cecil B. DeMille Starring: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature The Ten Commandments 1956 Director: Cecil B. DeMille Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner Born August 12 1881 Ashfield, MA (USA) Died January 21…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Fruits à l’étalage (Fruit displayed on a stand) c.1881–1882 Oil on canvas, 76.5 x 100.6 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Caillebotte delighted in unusual vantage points and compositions. This close-up view of fruit stacked on a market…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Portrait of Vincent van Gogh, the Artist’s Grandfather 1881 Pencil, brush and ink and watercolour, on paper, 34.5 cm x 26.1 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0876-JH0014 Etten, July 1881 See also: • Van Gogh, Vincent, Grandfather (1789-1874)
(1804–1881) Anna McNeill Whistler in Art: Whistler, James (1834-1903) Whistler’s Mother 1871 Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Déjeuner des canotiers (Luncheon of the Boating Party) 1880–1881 Oil on canvas, canvas 130.2 x 175.6 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington Detail of Aline Charigot. Detail of Gustave Caillebotte. Detail of Ellen Andrée drinking in the center. Detail…
(1829–1886) 21st President of the United States (1881–1885) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States
(1831–1881) 20th President of the United States (1881) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States
(1822–1893) 19th President of the United States (1877–1881) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) La Vierge aux anges (The Virgin with Angels / Song of the Angels) 1881 Oil on canvas, 213.4 x 152.4 cm Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale
(1821–1881) Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky Works: • Crime and Punishment (1866) • Notes from the Underground (1864) • Poor Folk (1846) ◊ Arme Leute (German) • Short Stories (English) • The Brothers Karamazov (1880) ◊ The Grand Inquisitor (English) ◊ Der Großinquisitor (German)…