Tag: American

Bella Rosenfeld

(1889–1944) Bella Rosenfeld Chagall Бэлла Розенфельд-Шагал Marc, Bella and their daughter Ida, Paris 1924. Bella in Art: Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Bella au col blanc 1917 Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris   Born December 14 1889 Vitebsk (Belarus) Died September 2 1944 Tupper Lake,…

Lydia Cassatt

(1837–1882) Lydia Simpson Cassatt Lydia in Art: Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge 1879 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia     Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Le thé c.1880 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston     Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926)…

Tennessee Williams

(1911–1983) Thomas Lanier Williams III Filmography as Writer: A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 Director: Elia Kazan Starring: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando     The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone 1961 Director: José Quintero Starring: Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty     The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone…

Robert Allan Ackerman

(1944–2022) Filmography as Director: The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone 2003 Director: Robert Allan Ackerman Starring: Helen Mirren, Olivier Martinez   Born June 30 1944 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died January 10 2022 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Kidney failure…

Jackson Pollock

(1912–1956) Paul Jackson Pollock The artist’s works: Going West c.1934–1935 Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington Naked Man with Knife c.1938–1940 Tate Britain, London Number 5, 1950 1950 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Brown and Silver I 1951 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Born January 28 1912…

Winslow Homer

(1836–1910)   The artist’s works: Home, Sweet Home c.1863 National Gallery of Art, Washington Croquet Scene 1866 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Artists Sketching in the White Mountains 1868 Portland Museum of Art, Portland Blowing the Horn at Seaside 1870 National Gallery of…

Max Ernst

(1891–1976) Maximilian Ethelbert Ernst The artist’s works: Dada Gauguin 1920 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Celebes 1921 Tate Britain, London Les Hommes n’en sauront rien 1923 Tate Britain, London Pietà ou La révolution la nuit 1923 Tate Britain, London Dadaville c.1924 Tate Britain, London Gala…

Albert C. Barnes

(1872–1951) Albert Coombs Barnes Albert C. Barnes in Art: De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Dr. Albert C. Barnes 1926 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia   Born January 2 1872 Philadelphia, PA (USA) Died July 24 1951 near Philadelphia, PA (USA) Cause of death Car…

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

(1807–1882) Works: • Courtship of Miles Standish Minnehaha Edition (English) • Divine Comedy, Longfellow’s Translation, Complete (English) • Divine Comedy, Longfellow’s Translation, Hell (English) • Divine Comedy, Longfellow’s Translation, Paradise (English) • Divine Comedy, Longfellow’s Translation, Purgatory (English) • Evangeline:…

Ernest Hemingway

(1899–1961) Ernest Miller Hemingway Works: • In our time (English) • Three Stories & Ten Poems (English) Born July 21 1899 Oak Park, IL (USA) Died July 2 1961 Ketchum, ID (USA) Cause of death Suicide Occupation Journalist Novelist Occupation…