Tag: Kiki

Kiki de Montparnasse

(1901–1953) Alice Ernestine Prin Le Violon d’Ingres, photograph by Man Ray (1924) Kiki in Art: Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Testa di donna 1915 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid   Born October 2 1901 Châtillon-sur-Seine (France) Died March 23 1953 Paris (France) Occupation Actress Art Model Occupation Painter…

Jean Cocteau

(1889–1963) Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau The artist’s works: Festival de musique de Menton 1956 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland La Tour 1959 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Orphée 1960 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Works: • La Danse de Sophocle (French) •…

Chaïm Soutine

(1893–1943) Хаим Соломонович Сутин Khaïm Solomonovitch Sutin The artist’s works: Nature morte aux harengs et aux oignons c.1917 Private collection Autoportrait c.1918 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton La Femme en bleu c.1919 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Le Pâtissier c.1919 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Autoportrait c.1920–1921…

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…

Testa di donna (1915)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Testa di donna (Head of a Woman) 1915 Oil on paper, 43 x 26 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Modigliani was above all a portraitist. According to Werner Schmalenbach, his need to “take possession of those around him” stemmed…

Moïse Kisling (1891-1953)

(1891–1953) Mojżesz Kisling The artist’s works: Masque mortuaire de Modigliani c.1920 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Moïse Kisling in Art: Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Ritratto del pittore Moisè Kisling 1915 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano   Born January 22 1891 Kraków (Poland)…

Maurice Utrillo

(1883–1955) The artist’s works: Le Moulin de la Galette 1900s Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Scène de rue 1900s Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Pont Saint-Michel, Paris c.1908 National Gallery of Art, Washington Notre-Dame 1909 Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris Rue Custine à Montmartre…

Amedeo Modigliani

(1884–1920) Amedeo Clemente Modigliani The artist’s works: Tête 1911–1912 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Cariatide c.1913–1915 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Diego Rivera 1914 Private collection Beatrice Hastings 1915 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Beatrice Hastings before a door 1915 Private collection…

Fernand Léger

(1881–1955) Joseph Fernand Henri Léger The artist’s works: Nus dans la forêt 1909–1911 Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Essai pour trois portraits 1910–1911 Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee La fumée 1912 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo L’escalier, deuxième état 1914 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Nature morte à…