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View all 74 artworks. Jean Cocteau lived in the XIX – XX cent., a remarkable figure of French Expressionism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
- French
- July 5, 1889
- Maisons-Laffitte, France
- October 11, 1963
14 hours ago · Jean Cocteau was first a poet, and framed everything he did with that discipline. His films like La Belle et la Bête (1945) and Orphée (1950) were “poésie cinématographique”; drawings ...
- Childhood
- Early Training and Work
- Mature Period
- Late Period
- The Legacy of Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau was born to Georges Cocteau and Eugénie Lecomte on July 5, 1889, in Maisons-Laffitte, a small town near Paris. He had a very solitary childhood, as his two siblings, Marthe and Paul, were both much older. Cocteau was nonetheless a happy child, spending summer in Maisons-Lafitte and winter in Paris, reading and playing, fascinated with ...
In Paris, Cocteau threw himself into the world of literary salons. He befriended Lucien Daudet, a novelist and painter, who gave him confidence and introduced him to a group of writers involved with Symbolism. At eighteen, Cocteau met Édouard de Max, a celebrated actor, who arranged a public reading of Cocteau's poetry. This gave Cocteau's mother c...
In 1929, Marie Laure and Charles de Noailles offered Cocteau a million francs - quite a substantial amount for Cocteau, though a smaller budget than that granted to commercial directors - to direct a film, leading to The Blood of a Poet, completed in 1930. The film, ending with a child's death, caused outrage, with the Prefect of Police trying to p...
In 1945, Cocteau returned to directing films with Beauty and the Beast, starring Jean Marais. He consequently directed The Eagle with Two Heads (1948) and Les Parents terribles (1948). In 1950, he directed Orpheus, the second film, after The Blood of a Poet, in a set that would become known as the Orphic Trilogy. This starred Jean Marais, as did Co...
While unpopular with those around him, Jean Cocteau and his work have had a significant impact on a later generation. His influence on the Pop great Andy Warhol, who shared Cocteau's fascination with celebrity, his eagerness to borrow from the surrounding culture, his excitement about collaboration and his interest in moving between media, is parti...
- French
- July 5, 1889
- Maisons-Laffitte, France
- October 11, 1963
- French
- Abstract Face, 1951. Denis Bloch Fine Art. Price on Request.
- Innamorati, 1961. Composition Gallery. Price on Request.
- Comrade Louis XV was born of a long black, ca. 1960. Plazzart. 7,800 EUR.
- The Reader, 1955. Denis Bloch Fine Art. Sold.
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In 1947 Paul Morihien published a clandestine edition of Querelle de Brest by Jean Genet, featuring 29 very explicit erotic drawings by Cocteau. In recent years several albums of Cocteau's homoerotica have been available to the general public.
- The Frivolous Prince
- Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau, 5 July 1889, Maisons-Laffitte, France
- 1908–1963
- 11 October 1963 (aged 74), Milly-la-Forêt, France
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (UK: KOK-toh, US: kok-TOH, French: [ʒɑ̃ mɔʁis øʒɛn klemɑ̃ kɔkto]; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic.
Jean Cocteau. Date of birth. 1889. Date of death. 1963. See all 15 artworks ›. Frog, Mouse, Lizards, 1936. Jean Cocteau. Self-Portrait, 1909.