Tag: musician

Max Steiner

(1888–1971) Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner Works: • Casablanca (1942) • Gone with the Wind (1939) • Little Women (1933) Filmography as Composer: Little Women 1933 Director: George Cukor Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett     Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring:…

Frédéric Chopin

(1810–1849) Works: • Nocturnes • Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2 (1830) • Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58 (1844) Chopin in Art: Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Jardin du Luxembourg, Monument de Chopin 1909 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg   Born…

Le Rêve (1910)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Le Rêve (The Dream) 1910 Oil on canvas, 204.5 x 298.5 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York “The woman asleep on the couch is dreaming she has been transported into the forest, listening to the sounds from the…

Léon Koelin-Leenhoff

(1852–1927) Léon in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Les Cavaliers espagnols 1859 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Enfant à l’épée 1861 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries 1862 National Gallery, London    …

Fanny Claus, Mme Pierre Prins

(1846–1877) Fanny Claus in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Mademoiselle Claus 1868 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le balcon 1868–1869 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Husband Pierre-Ernest Prins (1838-1913) Friend Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) Friend Édouard Manet (1832-1883) Friend Suzanne Leenhoff (1830-1906) Occupation Musician…

Suzanne Leenhoff, Madame Manet

(1830–1906) Suzanne Manet in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Étude pour La nymphe surprise 1861 Private collection     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Nymphe surprise 1861 Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Nymphe surprise c.1861 Nationalgalleriet, Oslo     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883)…

Edmond Maître

(1840–1898) Edmond Maître in Art: Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Edmond Maître 1869 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) L’Atelier de la rue Condamine 1870 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Un atelier aux Batignolles 1870 Musée d’Orsay, Paris  …

Ritratto di musico (c.1485)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Ritratto di Musico (Portrait of a Musician) c.1485 Tempera and oil on panel, 44.7 x 32 cm Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano The only painting on panel by Leonardo to have remained in Milan, this portrait was traditionally thought to…

George Segal

(1934–2021) George Segal, Jr. Filmography as Actor: A Touch of Class 1973 Director: Melvin Frank Starring: Glenda Jackson, George Segal     Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? 1978 Director: Ted Kotcheff Starring: George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset  …

Simon Callow

(1949) Simon Phillip Hugh Callow, CBE Filmography as Actor: Amadeus 1984 Director: Miloš Forman Cast: Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham     A Room with a View 1985 Director: James Ivory Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands     Shakespeare in Love 1998 Director: John Madden…