Tag: Theatre

La Première Sortie (1876-1877)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Première Sortie (At the Theatre) 1876–1877 Oil on canvas, 65 × 49.5 cm National Gallery, London We seem to be sitting in a box at the theatre, which we share with two young women. But we can’t be…

Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge (1879)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge 1879 Oil on canvas, 81.3 × 59.7 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Cassatt created a series of theater scenes in the late 1870s, displaying an interest in city nightlife…

Sarah Siddons

(1755–1831) née Sarah Kemble Sarah Siddons in Art: Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Mrs Siddons 1785 National Gallery, London     Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents 1786 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg   Born July 5 1755 Brecon (Wales) Died June 8 1831 London (England) Occupation…

Héctor Colomé

(1944–2015) Héctor Buffa Colomé Filmography as Actor: Amar en tiempos revueltos Season 1 (1936–1945) 2005–2006 Starring: Ana Turpin, Rodolfo Sancho   Born October 25 1944 Córdoba (Argentina) Died February 28 2015 Madrid (España) Cause of death Cancer (pancreatic) Occupation Actor

Luisa Gavasa

(1951) Luisa Gavasa Moragón Filmography as Actress: Amar en tiempos revueltos Season 1 (1936–1945) 2005–2006 Starring: Ana Turpin, Rodolfo Sancho   Born April 8 1951 Zaragoza (España) Occupation Actress Award Goya Award

Jean Cocteau

(1889–1963) Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau The artist’s works: Festival de musique de Menton 1956 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland La Tour 1959 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Orphée 1960 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Works: • La Danse de Sophocle (French) •…

Jacques Damala

(1855–1889) Aristides Damalas Aριστεíδης Δαμαλάς Jacques Damala in Art: Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Portrait funéraire de Jacques Damala c.1889 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York   Born January 15 1855 Piraeus (Greece) Died August 18 1889 Paris (France) Cause of death Drug overdose…

Théâtre de masques (1908)

Ensor, James (1860-1949) Théâtre de masques (Theatre of Masks) 1908 Oil on canvas, 72 x 86 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Masks, both diabolic and caricaturesque, are one of the principal motifs found throughout the entire artistic output of the Belgian painter James…

John Dryden

(1631–1700) Works: • All for Love; Or, The World Well Lost: A Tragedy (English) • Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry (English) • Dryden’s Palamon and Arcite (English) • His Majesties Declaration Defended (English) • The Aeneid, Translated by…