(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.…
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…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Jardin du Luxembourg, Monument de Chopin (Luxembourg Gardens, Monument to Chopin) 1909 Oil on canvas, 38 x 47 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Chopin, Frédéric | Jardin du Luxembourg | Monument de Chopin
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Vue des fortifications à la gauche du Portail de Vanves (View of the Fortifications to the left of the Gate of Vanves) 1909 Oil on canvas, 31 x 41 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Vanves (France)
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Un bois tropical, combat du tigre et du taureau (In a Tropical Forest. Struggle between Tiger and Bull) 1908–1909 Oil on canvas, 46 x 55 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Henri Rousseau acquired the nickname “Douanier” (“Customs Officer”) because…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Madonna Benois 1478–1480 Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 49.5 x 33 cm Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg One of the greatest geniuses of the Renaissance era, Leonardo da Vinci combined the talents of artist and scientist, inventor…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Madonna Litta mid 1490s Tempera on canvas (handed over from panel), 42 x 33 cm Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg This painting would seem to have been produced in Milan, where the artist moved in 1482. It was one…
(1821–1881) Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky Works: • Crime and Punishment (1866) • Notes from the Underground (1864) • Poor Folk (1846) ◊ Arme Leute (German) • Short Stories (English) • The Brothers Karamazov (1880) ◊ The Grand Inquisitor (English) ◊ Der Großinquisitor (German)…
Established: 1764 Location: 38 Palace Embankment, Dvortsovy Municipal Okrug, Cental District, Saint Petersburg Website: https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…
Museums: • Hermitage Museum: Location: 38 Palace Embankment, Dvortsovy Municipal Okrug, Cental District, Saint Petersburg Births: • Kedrova, Lila (1918-2000) • Lampin, Georges (1901-1979) • Sanders, George (1906-1972) • Savelyeva, Lyudmila (1942) Deaths: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1729-1796) • Dostoyevsky,…