Tag: artist

William Makepeace Thackeray

(1811–1863)   The artist’s works: Self-Portrait c.1844 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Thackeray the Humourist and the Man of Letters 1864 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Lady Writing s.d. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Works: • A Little Dinner at Timmins’s (English) • Ballads (English) •…

Surviving Picasso (1996)

Director: James Ivory Producer: Ismail Merchant, David L. Wolper Screenplay: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Based on: Picasso: Creator and Destroyer by Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington Genre: Biography | Drama | Romantic Music: Richard Robbins Country: United States Language: English Studio: Merchant Ivory Productions | Warner…

Peter Greenaway

(1942) Peter Greenaway, CBE Filmography as Director: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989 Director: Peter Greenaway Starring: Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren   Born April 5 1942 Newport (Wales) Occupation Film director Painter Occupation Screenwriter Writer Award Golden Calf Title Commander…

Gina Lollobrigida

(1927–2023) Luigia Lollobrigida Filmography as Actress: Pane, amore e fantasia 1953 Director: Luigi Comencini Starring: Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida     Pane, amore e gelosia 1954 Director: Luigi Comencini Starring: Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida     Come September 1961 Director: Robert…

La Belle Noiseuse (1991)

The Beautiful Troublemaker Director: Jacques Rivette Producer: Martine Marignac Screenplay: Pascal Bonitzer, Christine Laurent Based on: Le Chef-d’œuvre inconnu by Honoré de Balzac Genre: Drama Music: Igor Stravinsky Country: France Language: French Studio: Pierre Grise Productions | FR3 Release date:…

Victor Hugo

(1802–1885) Victor-Marie Hugo The artist’s works: Paysage avec un burg en ruine 1842 Musée du Louvre, Paris Paysage avec deux châteaux en ruines 1847 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Victor Hugo sur le rocher des Proscrits c.1853 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Le vieux pont…

David Alfaro Siqueiros

(1896–1974) José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros The artist’s works: Cabeza c.1930 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Desnudo sentado 1930 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Autorretrato 1936–1937 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cosmos y desastre c.1936 Tate Britain, London Autorretrato 1948 National Gallery…

Kim Novak

(1933) Marilyn Pauline Novak Filmography as Actress: Vertigo 1958 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak     The Mirror Crack’d 1980 Director: Guy Hamilton Starring: Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor   Born February 13 1933 Chicago, IL (USA) Husband (1965-1966)…

Artist in his Studio (c.1628)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Artist in his Studio c.1628 Oil on panel, 24.8 x 31.7 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston A young artist stands in a nearly empty studio, brushes in hand. Rather than showing the artist in the act of…

Hommage à Delacroix (1864)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Hommage à Delacroix (Homage to Delacroix) 1864 Oil on canvas, 160 x 250 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Seated: 1. Edmond Duranty (1833-1880) 2. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) 3. Jules Champfleury (1821-1889) 4. Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) Standing: 5. Louis Cordier…