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Jul 1, 2024 · Jean Cocteau (born July 5, 1889, Maisons-Laffitte, near Paris, France—died October 11, 1963, Milly-la-Forêt, near Paris) was a French poet, librettist, novelist, actor, film director, and painter.
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Jun 11, 2024 · A 1949 photograph of Jean Cocteau, shot by Philippe Halsman for Life magazine, playfully depicts the suave and influential Cocteau, a leading figure of the 20th-century French avant-garde, with...
Jun 11, 2024 · A 1949 photograph of Jean Cocteau, shot by Philippe Halsman for Life magazine, playfully depicts the suave and influential Cocteau, a leading figure of the 20th-century French avant-garde, with a surreal number of hands, holding a pen, a paintbrush, scissors, a book and, of course, a lit cigarette. That image, now on posters all over Venice ...
4 days ago · Jean Cocteau was born on July 5, 1889, in Maisons-Laffitte, a suburb of Paris, France. Growing up in a bourgeois family, Cocteau was exposed to the arts from a young age, showing early talent in drawing and writing. His father’s suicide when Cocteau was nine left a profound impact on him, and he was raised primarily by his mother.
4 days ago · Jean Cocteau in Venice: The versatile artist . Poet, playwright, director, painter: a versatile and brilliant interpreter of the 20th century avant-garde, Jean Cocteau was an artist capable of constantly reinventing himself to fulfil his multifaceted genius. His life and career were marked by an unquenchable thirst to explore new artistic ...
Jun 26, 2024 · Cocteau was a magnificent thief, adapting old stories and ideas – the poet doesn’t invent but listen, he said. Yet as a film-maker he was supremely inventive, with scenes from The Blood of a Poet (1930), such as when the poet splashes through the surface of a mirror, enduringly sublime.
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4 days ago · Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. Author of “Les Enfants Terribles ...
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