Tag: 1910

La città che sale (1910)

Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) La città che sale (The City Rises) 1910 Tempera on paper, 36 x 60 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano After a period spent in Rome, the artist decided to move to Paris in 1906, driven by poverty…

Tre donne (1909-1910)

Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Tre donne (Three Women) 1909–1910 Oil on canvas, 180 × 132 cm Banca Commerciale Italiana, Milano The artist represents the three ages of women through the figures of her mother Cecilia, her beloved sister Amelia and the model Ines.…

Sleepy Baby (c.1910)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Sleepy Baby c.1910 Pastel on paper, 64.77 x 52.07 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Beginning in the 1880s, Mary Cassatt began to investigate themes of mothers and children. This intensely intimate, tightly cropped scene alternates between…

Nus dans la forêt (1909-1911)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Nus dans la forêt (Nudes in the forest) 1909–1911 Oil on canvas, 120.5 × 170.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Distinctive cubist style Fernand Léger had trained as an architect, but soon switches to painting. He admires Paul…

Robert Cummings

(1910–1990) Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings Filmography as Actor: Dial M for Murder 1954 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly   Born June 9 1910 Joplin, MO (USA) Died December 2 1990 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, CA (USA)…

Il gatto nero (1910-1911)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Il gatto nero (The Black Cat) 1910–1911 Oil on canvas, 54.4 x 73 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Gino Severini was affiliated with the Italian Futurists, an avant-garde movement inspired by transformations in the urban landscape.…

La Modiste (1910-1911)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) La Modiste (The Milliner) 1910–1911 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 48.3 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia This effervescent painting of a young hatmaker strolling in the street was included in the first Futurist exhibition in Paris,…

Elvira Cortese

(1910–1982) Filmography as Actress: Gruppo di famiglia in un interno 1974 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Burt Lancaster, Helmut Berger     L’innocente 1976 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli   Born August 13 1910 Roma (Italia) Died October 20…

Cyril Cusack

(1910–1993) Cyril James Cusack Filmography as Actor: The Taming of the Shrew 1967 Director: Franco Zeffirelli Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton     The Day of the Jackal 1973 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale     Jesus of Nazareth 1977…

David Niven

(1910–1983) James David Graham Niven Filmography as Actor: Around the World in 80 Days 1956 Director: Michael Anderson Starring: David Niven, Cantinflas     Bonjour Tristesse 1958 Director: Otto Preminger Starring: Deborah Kerr, David Niven     The Pink Panther 1963 Director: Blake Edwards Starring: David Niven, Peter Sellers…