Tag: Saint Petersburg

Ritratto di dama (1520-1524)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Ritratto di dama (Portrait of a Lady) 1520–1524 Oil on canvas, 103 × 87.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg A sensual version of Raphaelesque grace was produced by Antonio Allegri, known as Correggio, a painter who worked in Parma.…

Alexander Pushkin

(1799–1837) Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin Александр Сергеевич Пушкин Works: • Aatelisrosvo Dubrovskij (Finnish) • Boris Godunov (English) • Eugene Oneguine (English) • Kapteenin tytär (Finnish) • Красавице, которая нюхала табак (Russian) • La fille du capitaine (French) • Laukaus y.m. kertomuksia…

Bacchus (1638-1640)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Bacchus 1638–1640 Oil on canvas, 191 x 161.3 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Bacchanalia was a favourite theme in Rubens‘s work, although Bacchus himself was rarely the subject of his paintings. He saw the subject as reflecting…

Suonatore di liuto (1595-1596)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Suonatore di liuto (Lute-Player) 1595–1596 Oil on canvas, 94 x 119 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This is an early work by Caravaggio, who sought above all to convey the reality and solidity of the surrounding world. We can…

Place du Théâtre-Français au printemps (1898)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Place du Théâtre-Français au printemps (Place du Theatre-Francais, Spring) 1898 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 81.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Here Pissarro depicted that part of Paris near the Comedie Francaise, although the theatre building itself remains outside…

Rue Custine à Montmartre (1909-1910)

Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Rue Custine à Montmartre (Custine street near Montmartre) 1909–1910 Tempera on cardboard, 51 x 73 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Montmartre | Paris (France) | Rue Custine

Lyudmila Savelyeva

(1942) Ludmila Mikhaylovna Savelyeva Filmography as Actress: I girasoli 1970 Director: Vittorio De Sica Starring: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni   Born January 24 1942 Leningrad (USSR) now Saint Petersburg (Russia) Occupation Actress Dancer

Georges Lampin

(1901–1979) Filmography as Director: L’idiot 1946 Director: Georges Lampin Starring: Gérard Philipe, Edwige Feuillère     Crime et châtiment 1956 Director: Georges Lampin Starring: Jean Gabin, Marina Vlady   Born October 14 1901 Saint Petersburg (Russia) Died May 8 1979 Pau (France) Occupation Film director

Lila Kedrova

(1918–2000) Filmography as Actress: Montparnasse 19 1958 Director: Jacques Becker Starring: Gérard Philipe, Anouk Aimée     Zorba the Greek 1964 Director: Michael Cacoyannis Starring: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates     Torn Curtain 1966 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews  …