Tag: German Ancestry

Carl Jung

(1875–1961) Carl Gustav Jung Works: • Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology (English) • Psychologische Typen (German) • Psychology of the Unconscious (English) • The Theory of Psychoanalysis (English) Jung in Art: Pollock, Jackson (1912-1956) Naked Man with Knife c.1938–1940 Tate…

Catherine the Great

(1729–1796) born Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst Catherine II, Empress of Russia (1762–1796) Works commissioned by her: Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) The Infant Hercules c.1785–1789 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton     Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents 1786 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg…

Egon Schiele

(1890–1918) Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele The artist’s works: Portrait of Doctor X 1910 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Nude Girl with Arms Outstretched 1911 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Self-Portrait 1911 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Self-Portrait with Splayed Fingers 1911 Leopold Museum, Vienna Self-Portrait with…

Béla Bartók

(1881–1945) Béla Viktor János Bartók Works: • Blubeard’s Castle (1918) • Concerto for orchestra (1943) • Dance suite (1923) • Music for strings, percussion and celesta (1937) • Piano Concerto No. 3 (1946) • String Quartet No.6 (1941) • Violin…

Robert Browning

(1812–1889) Works: • A Blot in the ‘Scutcheon (English) • An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning’s Poetry (English) • Browning’s Shorter Poems (English) • Christmas Eve (English) • Dramatic Romances (English) • Life and Letters of Robert Browning…

Alexander Pushkin

(1799–1837) Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin Александр Сергеевич Пушкин Works: • Aatelisrosvo Dubrovskij (Finnish) • Boris Godunov (English) • Eugene Oneguine (English) • Kapteenin tytär (Finnish) • Красавице, которая нюхала табак (Russian) • La fille du capitaine (French) • Laukaus y.m. kertomuksia…

Sarah Bernhardt

(1844–1923) Henriette-Rosine Bernard The artist’s works: Le Fou et la Mort 1877 Petit Palais, Paris Louise Abbéma 1878 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Autoportrait en chimère c.1880 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Portrait funéraire de Jacques Damala c.1889 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dague: Algues…

Charles Bukowski

(1920–1994) Henry Charles Bukowski, born Heinrich Karl Bukowski Works: • Flower, Fist, and Bestial Wail (1960) • It Catches My Heart in Its Hands (1963) • Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts (1965) • Crucifix in…

Georges Lautner

(1926–2013) Filmography as Director: La cage aux folles III: ‘Elles’ se marient 1985 Director: Georges Lautner Starring: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault     Born January 24 1926 Nice (France) Died November 22 2013 Neuilly-sur-Seine (France) Cause of death Cancer Occupation Film director Screenwriter Writer Title…

Liev Schreiber

(1967) Isaac Liev Schreiber Filmography as Actor: A Rainy Day in New York 2019 Director: Woody Allen Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning   Born October 4 1967 San Francisco, CA (USA) Partner (2005-2016) Naomi Watts (1968) Occupation Actor Awards Drama Desk Award Screen…