(1822–1899) Marie-Rosalie Bonheur The artist’s works: Brebis tondue modeled c.1842, cast probably before 1891 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Bélier c.1845–1850 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Boeuf couché modeled 1846 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Taureau qui marche modeled 1846 Metropolitan Museum…
(1834–1886) Works: • Danza delle ore (1876) • La Gioconda (1876) Born August 31 1834 Paderno Fasolaro, now Paderno Ponchielli (Italia) Died January 16 1886 Milano (Italia) Cause of death Pneumonia Buried Cimitero Monumentale (Milano) Pupil Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Occupation Composer Conductor…
(1811–1886) Liszt Ferenc Works: • A Faust Symphonie (1857) • Années de pèlerinage (1842) • Christus (1872) • Danse macabre (1865) • Dante Symphony (1857) • Études d’exécution transcendante (1852) • Fantasy and Fugue on the name “B.A.C.H.” (1856) •…
(1835–1909) Fanny Cornforth, born Sarah Cox Photograph by W. & D. Downey, Newcastle, 1863. Fanny Cornforth in 1907. Fanny Cornforth in Art: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Bocca Baciata 1859 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Fair Rosamund…
(1596–1650) Renatus Cartesius Works: • A Discourse of a Method for the Well Guiding of Reason and the Discovery of Truth in the Sciences (English) • Betrachtungen über die Grundlagen der Philosophie (German) • Discours de la méthode (French) •…
(1561–1626) Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban also known as Lord Verulam Works: • Bacon’s Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients (English) • Filosofiset mietelmät (Finnish) • Novum Organum (English) • Of Gardens (English) • The Advancement of Learning…
(1930–2018) Filmography as Actor: The Way We Were 1973 Director: Sydney Pollack Starring: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford Born April 14 1930 San Francisco, CA (USA) Died January 16 2018 Santa Barbara, CA (USA) Cause of death Pneumonia Occupation Actor Awards Cannes Film…
(1899–1987) Frederick Austerlitz, Jr. Filmography as Actor: Funny Face 1957 Director: Stanley Donen Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire Born May 10 1899 Omaha, NE (USA) Died June 22 1987 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Pneumonia Occupation Actor Choreographer Occupation Dancer Singer…
(1935–2002) Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE Works: • Bedazzled (1968) Filmography as Actor: Foul Play 1978 Director: Colin Higgins Starring: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase Born April 19 1935 London (England) Died March 27 2002 Plainfield, NJ (USA) Cause of death Pneumonia Occupation Actor…
(1905–1978) Leopold John Genn Filmography as Actor: Caesar and Cleopatra 1945 Director: Gabriel Pascal Starring: Vivien Leigh, Claude Rains Quo Vadis 1951 Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr Born August 9 1905 London (England) Died January 26 1978 London (England) Cause of death…