(1860–1904) Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Works: • Avioliittoja (Finnish) • Der Bär (German) • Der persische Orden und andere Grotesken (German) • Ein Heiratsantrag (German) • Eine langweilige Geschichte (German) • Eno Vanja (Finnish) • Ivanoff (English) • Kaksikymmentä (Finnish) •…
(1857–1924) Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski Works: • A Personal Record (1912) • A Set of Six (1908) • Almayer’s Folly (1895) • Amy Foster (1901) • An Outcast of the Islands (1896) • Chance: A Tale in Two Parts (1913)…
(1874–1946) Gertrude Stein in Art: Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) Réunion à la campagne 1909 Musée Picasso, Paris Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Gertrude Stein 1905–1906 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Works acquired by her: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Canal du Midi 1898 Museo…
(1887–1985) Moishe Zakharovich Shagalov The artist’s works: Le Pont de Passy et la Tour Eiffel 1911 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Moi et le village 1911 Museum of Modern Art, New York Le Violiniste 1912 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Autoportrait aux sept doigts…
(1898–1936) Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca Works: • Bodas de sangre (1933) • Canciones (1921-1924) • Diván del Tamarit (1936) • Doña Rosita la soltera (1935) • El maleficio de la mariposa (1919) • Impresiones y paisajes (1918) • La casa de Bernarda Alba…
(1897–1962) William Cuthbert Faulkner Works: • Collected Stories of William Faulkner (English) • Early Prose and Poetry (English) • The Sound and the Fury (1929) Quotes: • William Faulkner: Quotations Born September 25 1897 New Albany, MS (USA) Died July 6 1962 Byhalia, MS…
(1888–1965) Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM Works: • Eeldrop and Appleplex (1934) • Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry (1917) • Pascal’s Pensées (1958) • Poems (1920) • Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) • The Waste Land (1922) Quotes: • T.…
(1898–1986) Henry Spencer Moore The artist’s works: Girl 1931 Tate Britain, London Reclining Figure 1935–1936 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Morning after the Blitz 1940 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Three Seated Figures 1941 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Two Mothers Holding Children 1941 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Madonna and…
(1898–1976) Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto The artist’s works: Stacking Armchair 1929 Museum of Modern Art, New York Cantilevered Stacking Side Chair 1930 Museum of Modern Art, New York 31 Armchair 1931–1932 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Paimio Sanatorium 1932 Paimio,…