Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Amore e Psiche (Cupid and Psyche) 1796 Marble, 148 x 172 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg The theories of Neoclassicism, formulated in the works of the German scholar and philosopher Johann Joachim Winckelmann, were vividly embodied in the…
(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 1912–1913 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Autoportrait aux sept doigts…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Ballerina c.1927 Oil on canvas, 65 x 50 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In 1920 Matisse became acquainted with 19-year-old Henriette Darricarrère, who became his model for the next seven years. The girl was a ballet dancer at the…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Les toits de Collioure (View of Collioure) c.1905 Oil on canvas, 59.5 x 73 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg © Succession H. Matisse Collioure was a small southern French town on the shore of the Mediterranean where Matisse worked…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Danse (Dance) 1909–1910 Oil on canvas, 260 x 391 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg © Succession H. Matisse The pair of panels known as “The Dance and Music” (also in the Hermitage) are amongst Matisse‘s most important –…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Musique (Music) 1910 Oil on canvas, 260 x 389 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg © Succession H. Matisse “Music” forms a pair to “The Dance“, also painted in 1910. After the collector Sergey Shchukin commissioned “The Dance”, he…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au piano (Young Girls at the Piano) 1892 Oil on canvas, 116.5 x 89.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg When the Minister of Fine Arts of France, Henri Roujon, consented to have a Renoir permanently displayed in…
(1906–1972) George Henry Sanders Filmography as Actor: Rebecca 1940 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine Samson and Delilah 1949 Director: Cecil B. DeMille Starring: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature All About Eve 1950 Director: Joseph L.…
(1920–1985) Yuliy Borisovich Briner Filmography as Actor: The Ten Commandments 1956 Director: Cecil B. DeMille Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner The Madwoman of Chaillot 1969 Director: Bryan Forbes Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer Born July 11 1920 Vladivostok (Russia) Died October 10 1985…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Boulevard Montmartre à Paris (Boulevard Montmartre in Paris) 1897 Oil on canvas, 74 x 92.8 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Like Claude Monet, Pissarro, an outstanding representative of the Impressionist movement, often painted whole series of works showing…