Tag: writer

William Blake

(1757–1827) The artist’s works: God Judging Adam 1795 Tate Britain, London God Judging Adam c.1795 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Baptism of Christ c.1799 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Job and His Daughters 1799–1800 National Gallery of Art, Washington St. Matthew 1799…

Jean de La Bruyère

(1645–1696) Works: • Les Caractères (French) ◊ The Characters (English) Quotes: • Jean de La Bruyère: Quotations Born August 16 1645 Paris (France) Died May 11 1696 Versailles (France) Occupation Philosopher Writer

Jean Anouilh

(1910–1987) Jean-Marie-Lucien-Pierre Anouilh Works: • Antigone (1944) Quotes: • Jean Anouilh: Quotations Filmography as Screenwriter: Anna Karenina 1948 Director: Julien Duvivier Starring: Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson   Born June 23 1910 Bordeaux (France) Died October 3 1987 Lausanne (Switzerland) Occupation Playwright Screenwriter Writer

Guy de Maupassant

(1850–1893) Henry-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant Works: ◊ A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales (English) ◊ Bel Ami (English) • Boule de Suif (French) • Clair de Lune (French) • Contes de la Becasse (French) • Contes du jour et de la nuit…

Gustave Flaubert

(1821–1880) Works: • Bouvard et Pécuchet (1881) ◊ Bouvard and Pécuchet (English) • Dictionnaire des idées reçues (1913) ◊ Herodias (English) ◊ Ηρωδιάς (Greek) • La tentation de Saint Antoine (1848) ◊ The Temptation of St. Antony (English) • Madame Bovary (1857) • Madame Bovary:…

Honoré de Balzac

(1799–1850) Honoré de Balzac, né Honoré Balzac Works: ◊ A Daughter of Eve (English) ◊ A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (English) ◊ A Drama on the Seashore (English) ◊ A Man of Business (English) ◊ A Passion in the Desert (English) ◊ A Prince of Bohemia…

Henry Fielding

(1707–1754) Works: • A Journey from This World to the Next (1749) • Amelia (1751) • An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (1741) • Joseph Andrews, Vol. I (1742) • Joseph Andrews, Vol. II (1742) • The History of the Life of the Late…

Georges Rivière

(1855–1943) Georges Rivière in Art: Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Bal du moulin de la Galette 1876 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Georges Rivière et Marguerite Legrand 1876–1877 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas     Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Georges Rivière 1877 National Gallery of…

Eugène Murer

(1841–1906) Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier, dit Eugène Murer The artist’s works: Trilogy of Months, state II s.d. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Eugène Murer in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Eugène Murer 1877 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Eugène Murer…

Erasmus of Rotterdam

(1466–1536) Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus Works: • Against War (English) • Colloquies, Volume I (English) • Dialoge or communication of two persons (English) • Education of Children (English) • Encomium artis medicae (Latin) • In Praise of Folly (English) • Merry Dialogue Declaringe the Properties of Shrowde Shrews…