Tag: Bernhardt

Samuel-Jean Pozzi

(1846–1918) Pozzi in Art: Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Dr. Pozzi at Home 1881 Hammer Museum, Los Angeles   Born October 3 1846 Bergerac (France) Died June 13 1918 Paris (France) Cause of death Murdered Lover Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) Occupation Art collector Physician Title…

Louise Abbéma (1878)

Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Louise Abbéma 1878 Marble, 42 x 27 x 22 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Inscription: À sa d. SARAH BERNHARDT. 1878. See also: • Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927)

Sarah Bernhardt (1898)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Sarah Bernhardt 1898 Lithograph on wove paper, 28.2 x 24 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923)

Autoportrait en chimère (c.1880)

Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Autoportrait en chimère (Self-Portrait as a Chimera) c.1880 Bronze, 31.8 x 34.9 x 31.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago French actor and artist Sarah Bernhardt was perhaps the first global superstar, with legions of admirers spread across…

Buste de Sarah Bernhardt (1895)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Buste de Sarah Bernhardt (Bust of Sarah Bernhardt) 1895 Patinated plaster, height 68.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford See also: • Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923)

Portrait funéraire de Jacques Damala (c.1889)

Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Portrait funéraire de Jacques Damala (Funerary Portrait of Jacques Damala) c.1889 Marble, 27.9 x 46 x 31.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The great tragic actress, Sarah Bernhardt, was also a gifted sculptor. She carved this…

Jacques Damala

(1855–1889) Aristides Damalas Aριστεíδης Δαμαλάς Jacques Damala in Art: Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Portrait funéraire de Jacques Damala c.1889 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York   Born January 15 1855 Piraeus (Greece) Died August 18 1889 Paris (France) Cause of death Drug overdose…

Sarah Bernhardt à table (1885)

Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927) Sarah Bernhardt à table (Sarah Bernhardt at the Table) 1885 Gouache and pastel on paper mounted on canvas, 64 x 91 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923)

Dague: Algues (1900)

Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Dague: Algues (Dagger: Seaweed) 1900 Bronze with golden-brown patina, 13 x 12 x 50 cm Petit Palais, Paris

Le Fou et la Mort (1877)

Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Le Fou et la Mort (The Fool and Death) 1877 Bronze, 33 x 28.5 x 31 cm Petit Palais, Paris While the sculptural work of Sarah Bernhardt has long been eclipsed by her theatrical glory, its qualities, recently…