Tag: July 6

Odilon Redon

(1840–1916) Bertrand Redon The artist’s works: Village au bord de la mer en Bretagne c.1880 National Gallery of Art, Washington Village breton c.1890 National Gallery of Art, Washington Sita c.1893 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Femme voilée c.1895–1900 Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Profile de femme…

Antonio Manetti

(1423–1497) Antonio di Tuccio Manetti Works: • Novella del Grasso legnaiuolo (Italian) • Studi sulla Divina commedia (Italian) • Vita di Filippo di ser Brunellesco architetto fiorentino (Italian) Born July 6 1423 Firenze (Italia) Died May 26 1497 Firenze (Italia) Occupation Architect…

Ludovico Ariosto

(1474–1533) Works: • Lettere di Lodovico Ariosto (Italian) • Orlando Furioso (English) • Orlando Furioso (Italian) • Orlando Furioso, Tomo I (Spanish) • Orlando Furioso, Tomo II (Spanish) • Rinaldo ardito: Frammenti inediti pubblicati sul manoscritto originale (Italian) Ariosto in…

Maximilian I of Mexico

(1832–1867) Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen Emperor of Mexico (1864–1867) Photograph of the execution of Maximilian (right) Miramón (center) and Mejía (left). Photograph of the Mexican firing squad that executed Emperor Maximilian I, commanded by Colonel Palacios (right). Maximilian…

Thomas More

(1478–1535) Sir Thomas More Saint Thomas More Works: • Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation (English) • Utopia (English) • Utopia (German) Sir Thomas More in Film: A Man for All Seasons 1966 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller   Born February…

Louis Armstrong

(1901–1971) Louis Daniel Armstrong Works: • Basin Street Blues • Black and Blue (1965) • Hello Dolly • West End Blues • What a wonderful world (1967) • When the saints go marching In Filmography as Actor: High Society 1956…

Henry II (England)

(1133–1189) Henry of Anjou, Henry Plantagenet Henry FitzEmpress, Henry Curtmantle Duke of Normandy (1150–1189) Count of Anjou (1151–1189) Duke of Aquitaine (1152–1189) Count of Poitiers (1156–1189) King of England (1154–1189) Henry II in Art: De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Queen Eleanor and…

Janet Leigh

(1927–2004) Jeanette Helen Morrison Filmography as Actress: Little Women 1949 Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: June Allyson, Peter Lawford   Born July 6 1927 Merced, CA (USA) Died October 3 2004 Beverly Hills, CA (USA) Cause of death Vasculitis Husband (1951-1962) Tony…

Ned Beatty

(1937–2021) Ned Thomas Beatty Filmography as Actor: Network 1976 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Faye Dunaway, William Holden   Born July 6 1937 Louisville, KY (USA) Died June 13 2021 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Occupation Actor

Ennio Morricone

(1928–2020) Works: • Greatest Hits Filmography as Composer: Addio fratello crudele 1971 Director: Giuseppe Patroni Griffi Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Oliver Tobias     La donna della domenica 1975 Director: Luigi Comencini Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Jacqueline Bisset     L’eredità Ferramonti 1976 Director: Mauro Bolognini…