Tag: 1924

Giacomo Puccini

(1858–1924) Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Puccini Works: • Edgar (1889) • Gianni Schicchi (1918) • Il tabarro (1918) • Il Trittico: Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi (1918) • La Bohème (1896) • La fanciulla del West (1910) •…

Joseph Conrad

(1857–1924) Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski Works: • A Personal Record (1912) • A Set of Six (1908) • Almayer’s Folly (1895) • Amy Foster (1901) • An Outcast of the Islands (1896) • Chance: A Tale in Two Parts (1913)…

Nu couché (1923-1924)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Nu couché (Reclining Nude) 1923–1924 Oil on canvas, 60 x 92 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse painted this work in Nice, a city in the South of France that he visited frequently in the 1920s. The canvas is…

Legion of Honor (San Francisco)

California Palace of the Legion of Honor Established: 1924 Location: 100 34th Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States Website: https://legionofhonor.famsf.org/ Collection: • Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco See also: • Museums | San Francisco, CA (USA)

Billy Barty

(1924–2000) William John Bertanzetti Filmography as Actor: Foul Play 1978 Director: Colin Higgins Starring: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase   Born October 25 1924 Millsboro, PA (USA) Died December 23 2000 Glendale, CA (USA) Cause of death Heart Failure Buried Forest…

Marina Berti

(1924–2002) Elena Maureen Bertolino Filmography as Actress: Quo Vadis 1951 Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr     Ben-Hur 1959 Director: William Wyler Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins     Cleopatra 1963 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton     Jesus of Nazareth 1977…

Walter Chiari

(1924–1991) Walter Annicchiarico Filmography as Actor: Bellisima 1951 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari     Bonjour Tristesse 1958 Director: Otto Preminger Starring: Deborah Kerr, David Niven     Walter Chiari’s tombstone, Cimitero Monumentale (Milano). Born March 8 1924 Verona (Italia) Died December 20…