Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Jalais Hill, Pontoise 1867 Oil on canvas, 87 x 114.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This view of Pontoise, just northwest of Paris, helped establish Pissarro’s reputation as an innovative painter of the rural French landscape. The…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Gertrude Stein 1905–1906 Oil on canvas, 100 × 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The famous writer and expatriate Gertrude Stein was among the first Americans to respond enthusiastically to European avant-garde art. She held weekly salons…
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Adam modeled 1880 or 1881, cast 1910 Bronze, 194 × 77.2 × 82.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Auguste Rodin’s first commission from the French government, The Gates of Hell, was intended to be the portal…
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Eve modeled 1881, cast 1910 Bronze, 174 × 52.1 × 59.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rodin intended Eve and the towering Adam to flank his monumental bronze doorway, The Gates of Hell. There, the biblical…
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) L’Âge d’airain (The Age of Bronze) modeled 1876, cast c.1906 Bronze, 182.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rodin’s breakout sculpture, The Age of Bronze caused a critical scandal for its extreme naturalism and ambiguous subject matter.…
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Honoré de Balzac 1891 Terracotta, 23.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In 1891, the Société des Gens de Lettres commissioned Rodin to create a monument to Balzac, who had died in 1850, for the Palais-Royal in…
(1969) Benjamin Temple Filmography as Actor: El tiempo entre costuras 2013–2014 Director: Iñaki Mercero & others Starring: Adriana Ugarte, Raúl Arévalo Born 1969 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Producer
(1932–2016) Robert Francis Vaughn Filmography as Actor: Julius Caesar 1970 Director: Stuart Burge Starring: Charlton Heston, Jason Robards Born November 22 1932 New York, NY (USA) Died November 11 2016 Danbury, CT (USA) Cause of death Cancer, Leukemia Occupation Actor Awards Emmy Hollywood…
(1952–2004) Christopher D’Olier Reeve Filmography as Actor: Somewhere in Time 1980 Director: Jeannot Szwarc Starring: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour The Remains of the Day 1993 Director: James Ivory Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson Born September 25 1952 New York, NY (USA) Died October…
(1918–2005) Muriel Teresa Wright Filmography as Actress: Somewhere in Time 1980 Director: Jeannot Szwarc Starring: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour Born October 27 1918 New York, NY (USA) Died March 6 2005 New Haven, CT (USA) Cause of death Heart…