Tag: writer

Paul Verlaine

(1844–1896) Paul Marie Verlaine Works: • Hombres (French) • Poésies complètes (French) ◊ Poems of Paul Verlaine (English) Verlaine in Art: Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) (?) Paul Verlaine en Troubadour (?) 1868 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas     Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Coin de table 1872 Musée…

Arthur Rimbaud

(1854–1891) Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud Works: • Poésies complètes (French) Rimbaud in Art: Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Hommage à Rimbaud 1961 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Coin de table 1872 Musée d’Orsay, Paris   Born October 20 1854 Charleville (France)…

Louis Edmond Duranty

(1833–1880) Louis Émile Edmond Duranty Duranty in Art: Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Hommage à Delacroix 1864 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Portrait d’Edmond Duranty 1879 Burrell Collection, Glasgow     Born June 5 1833 Paris (France) Died April 9 1880 Paris…

Isidore Justin Séverin Taylor

(1789–1879) Isidore Taylor in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries 1862 National Gallery, London   Born August 5 1789 Brussels (Belgium) Died September 6 1879 Paris (France) Buried Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris) Occupation Philanthropist Playwright Occupation Senator Writer Award…

Edgar Allan Poe

(1809–1849) Born Edgar Poe Works: • The Raven (1845) • The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe Including Essays on Poetry Translations of his Works: • Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-1898): Le Corbeau d’Edgar Poe (1875) Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Illustration to The Raven by Edgar…

Stéphane Mallarmé

(1842–1898) Étienne Mallarmé Works: • Pages (1891) Translations: • Le Corbeau d’Edgar Poe (1875) Edgar Allan Poe‘s The Raven translated into French, illustrated by Édouard Manet. Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Illustration to The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe 1875 Metropolitan Museum of…

Charles Baudelaire

(1821–1867) Charles-Pierre Baudelaire Works: • Les Fleurs du Mal (1857) • The Flowers of Evil (English) Quotes: • Charles Baudelaire: Quotations Baudelaire in Art: Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Portrait de Baudelaire s.d. Musée du Louvre, Paris     Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Paysage avec un cheval mort…

Marguerite de Navarre

(1492–1549) Marguerite d’Angoulême Marguerite d’Alençon Princess of France Queen of Navarre Duchess of Alençon and Berry See also: • Château du Clos Lucé, Amboise (France) Born April 11 1492 Angoulême (France) Died December 21 1549 Odos (France) Brother François I, King of…

Peter O’Toole

(1932–2013) Peter Seamus O’Toole Filmography as Actor: How to Steal a Million 1966 Director: William Wyler Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O’Toole     The Lion in Winter 1968 Director: Anthony Harvey Starring: Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn     Man of…

Martin Luther

(1483–1546) Works: ◊ A Treatise on Good Works (English) ◊ An Open Letter on Translating (English) ◊ Commentary on Genesis, Vol. 1 (English) ◊ Commentary on Genesis, Vol. 2 (English) ◊ Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians (English) ◊…