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Jacques Henri Lartigue (1905)
Vera Fokina in Scheherazade (1914)
Vera Fokina (1886-1958) was a Russian-American ballerina. In 1906 she married the groundbreaking Russian choreographer and dancer Michel Fokine.
The ballet Scheherazade premiered on June 4th 1910, at the Opéra Garnier in Paris by the Ballets Russes. The choreography for the ballet was by Michel Fokine and the libretto was from Fokine and Léon Bakst.
The Ballet Russes’ Scheherazade is known for its traditionally dazzling costumes, opulent scenery, and erotic choreography and narrative which was rarely seen in ballets of the time.
Vera Fokina in Scheherazade at Kungliga Operan, 1914 via
Vera Fokina in Scheherazade at Kungliga Operan, 1914 via
Vera Fokina in Scheherazade at Kungliga Operan, 1914 via
Vera Fokina in Scheherazade at Kungliga Operan, 1914 via
Vera Fokina in Scheherazade at Kungliga Operan, 1914 via
Anna Held by Aimé Dupont (1900)
Helene Anna Held (1872 – 1918), known professionally as Anna Held, was a Broadway stage performer and singer, born in Warsaw, Poland she started her career with stints in theatres in Paris and London, she is most often associated with theatre producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, her common-law husband.
Anna Held, full-length photo, facing right, with right hand on hat and left hand on hip by Aimé Dupont, 1900 via
Anna Held, full-length photo, facing right, with right hand on hat and left hand on hip by Aimé Dupont, 1900 via
Louise of France Princess of Bourbon (1906)
Louise Françoise Marie Laure d’Orléans (1882 – 1958) was a Princess of the Two-Sicilies and maternal grandmother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain. Louise was the youngest daughter of Philippe d’Orléans (1838–1894), Count of Paris and claimant to the French throne as “Philippe VII”. Her mother was Princess Marie Isabelle d’Orléans (1848–1919), daughter of Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, and Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain.
On 16 November 1907, Louise married in Wood Norton, Evesham, Worcestershire, UK, Infante Carlos, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870–1949), and widower of Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, Infanta of Spain. The couple lived in Madrid and had 4 children.
Louise of France Princess of Bourbon, 1906 via
Louise of France Princess of Bourbon by Léopold-Émile Reutlinger, 1906 via
Louise of France Princess of Bourbon by Léopold-Émile Reutlinger, 1906 via
Mary Anderson as Galatea (1880s)
Mary Anderson was an American actress. In 1875, she made her first stage appearance at a benefit performance at Macauley’s Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky in the role of Shakespeare’s Juliet.
In 1883 she starred in an American production of W. S. Gilbert’s Pygmalion and Galatea, that is is a blank verse play by W. S. Gilbert in three acts based on the Pygmalion story. Pygmalion was a Cypriot sculptor who carved a woman out of ivory, his statue was so beautiful and realistic that he fell in love with it.
she went on the London stage at the Lyceum Theatre, remaining in England for six years to perform to much acclaim including at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-on-Avon. Her first season there, she starred in Gilbert’s Comedy and Tragedy as well as in Romeo and Juliet in 1884. In 1887 in London she appeared in The Winter’s Tale in the double role of Perdita and Hermione (the first actress to include this innovation). This production ran to 160 performances, and was taken back to the United States.
American actress Mary Anderson (1859-1940) as Galatea in W. S. Gilbert’s Pygmalion and Galatea. Photographed by Napoleon Sarony (1821-1896) via
Mary Anderson (1897 – 1986) as Galatea. She was an American actress, who appeared in 77 silent films between 1914 and 1923. Photo by Henry van der Weyde (1838-1924) via
Mary Anderson as Galatea, in “Pygmalion and Galatea”. Photo by Sarony via
Mary Anderson as Galatea in Pygmalion and Galatea via
Cléo de Mérode by Reutlinger
Cléo de Mérode by Reutlinger via
Maiden at the Well (Lilian Greuze). Photogravures by Léopold-Émile Reutlinger, early 1900s
French stage actress, model, and later, film actress Mlle. Lilian Greuze, was associated with both Sarah Bernhardt and Polaire. She appeared in several silent films, and went on to appear in the talkies as well.
Here she is in a series of “woman at the well” postcards; a theme that easily can be counted as a sub-genre of turn of the century picture postcards. The Photogravures are by French photographer Leopold Reutlinger (1863-1937).
Maiden at the Well Photogravure of Lilian Greuze by Leopold Reutlinger via
Maiden at the Well Photogravure of Lilian Greuze by Leopold Reutlinger via
Maiden at the Well Photogravure of Lilian Greuze by Leopold Reutlinger via
Maiden at the Well. Photogravure of Lilian Greuze by Leopold Reutlinger via
Parisian Postcards of Mata Hari by Lucien Waléry (1906)
Lucien Waléry lived and worked in Paris in the period 1900-1930. He photographed an extraordinary number of beautiful women from most of the particular risque dance revues, a.o. Mata Hari and Josephine Baker.
Postcard of Mata Hari in Paris by Lucien Waléry, 1906 via
Postcard of Mata Hari in Paris by Lucien Waléry, 1906 via
Postcard of Mata Hari in Paris by Lucien Waléry, 1906 via
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1900s)
Colette, 1900s via
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