Tag: Saint Petersburg

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  …

Veduta di Pirna dalla fortezza di Sonnenstein (1750s)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Veduta di Pirna dalla fortezza di Sonnenstein (View of Pirna from the Sonnenstein Castle) 1750s Oil on canvas, 136 × 237 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Pirna in Sassonia 1763 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford…

Giuditta con la testa di Oloferne (1504)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Giuditta con la testa di Oloferne (Judith with the Head of Holofernes) 1504 Oil on canvas, 144 cm x 68 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Giorgione‘s work largely determined the development of 16th-century Venetian painting. There are but…

Meule de foin à Giverny (1886)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Meule de foin à Giverny (Haystack at Giverny) 1886 Oil on canvas. 60.5 x 81.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Most of the second half of Monet‘s life was spent in and around Giverny, where the leader…

La Seine à Asnières (1873)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Seine à Asnières (The Seine at Asnieres) 1873 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 55.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Asnières-sur-Seine (France)

Les prairies à Giverny (1888)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Les prairies à Giverny (Meadows at Giverny) 1888 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 81.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Monet first moved to Giverny in 1883, and was to spent the whole of the second of his…