JACQUES BELIN.

Morocco in the 1950's.
I am unable to find any information on Jacques Belin. Other than that he was "photographe semi-officiel de la résidence générale."

These pictures all come from:
MAROC UN CERTAIN REGARD.
By Frederic Mitterand and Abdellah Taia.
Actes Sud/Malika Editions.
ISBN 9954-0-3748-9

JEAN GILLETTA 1856-1933

Photographer of the Pays Niçois at the end of the 19th.C.
These pictures come from:
JEAN GILLETTA. PHOTOGRAPHE DE LA RIVIERA.
Jean-Paul Potron.
Gilletta. Nice Matin.
ISBN. 2 915606 40 4

FRED WILLIAMS. 1927-1982.
The Art of Fred Williams: James Mollison.
ISBN. 0195549112.
Fat man in a landscape.

BRUNO SCHULTZ 1892 - 1941.
Bruno Schultz was murdered by the SS. Almost all of his work was destroyed.
The fragments that remain are published in:
THE DRAWINGS OF BRUNO SCHULTZ. Edited and introduced by Jerzy Ficowski.
North western University Press. ISBN: 0-8101-0965-4.

JACQUES CATHALAA: Taurine Photographer.

These all come from:
TOROVALIE: Daniel Herrero, Jacques Cathalaa, Miguel Darriemerlou.
Editions Cairn
ISBN: 2-912233-16-X

FORTUNATO DEPERO 1892-1960
Depero FUTURISTA!
Go to:
http://www.depero.it/
(Official website.)
One of these was 'borrowed' for the nite-club scene in de Palma's 'BLACK DAHLIA'
Which one....?
(All from:
DEPERO FUTURISTA: Gabriela Belli: SKIRA.
ISBN: 88-818-584-9)

RUSSIAN AND SOVIET THEATRE DESIGN.

These pictures all come from:
RUSSIAN AND SOVIET THEATRE (TRADITION AND THE AVANT-GARDE.)
by KONSTANTIN RUDNITSKY.
Thames and Hudson (English language edition.)
ISBN: 0-500-28195-5
It is hard to choose favourites from this remarkable document.

WEI DONG.
WEI DONG was born during the Cultural Revolution. He is self-taught.
You can see more of his work at:
Chinese contemporary.com
plumblossoms.com

LOUIS PONS
These images come from:
LOUIS PONS: Editions d'Art. Somogy. PARIS.
Copyright Louis Pons. 1999.

Photograph of Louis Pons by Henri Cartier-Bresson.

































































My thanks to Jack Vidal and Anne Tourlonais for introducing me to the work - and the man.
LOUIS PONS appears in AGNES VARDA's film "THE GLEANERS AND I." (LES GLANEURS ET LA GLANEUSE.)

HERCULES SEGERS. 1589-1638.
Mountain Valley with fields. (Etching and drypoint.)
Segers may have been a teacher to Rembrandt. Rembrandt certainly owned several of Segers' prints.
His strange, visionary landscapes are unique in art history.

JUAN SANCHEZ COTAN. 1560-1627.
Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon and a Cucumber. c. 1600.
This is said to be one of the earliest still lifes painted in Europe.

FRANCISCO de GOYA. 1746-1828.
A Turkey and a Frying Pan. c. 1808-12.

JEAN BAPTISTE SIMEON CHARDIN 1699-1779
A Partridge and a Pear.


















ALEXANDRE FRANCOIS DESPORTES 1661-1743.
Birds in Exotic Landscapes.

JEAN FOUQUET: Self portrait.
Self portraits by artists of this period are rare.

JEAN FOUQUET. 1420-1480.
This great master is known to us by name thanks to Francois Robertet, secretary to the Duke of Bourbon, who mentions him in the 'Jewish Antiquities' as "a native of Tours: a good painter and illuminator to Louis XI,".





















On the fates of famous men.
(The trial of the Duke of Vendome)

Caesar crossing the Rubicon.

Martyrdom of St. James
From: HEURES D'ETIENNE CHEVALIER>

Portrait of a fool.

3 more by the mighty JOAQUIM MIR.
These paintings can be seen in the excellent gallery at the Abbey of Montserrat in Catalonia.
From:
LAS COLECCIONAS DE LA PINTURA DE LA ABADIA DE MONTSERRAT.
Ed. Josep C. Laplana.
ISBN. 84-8415-143-3

JUDEX, a film by GEORGES FRANJU (1962)
2 costume masks created by CHRISTINE COURCELLES.

CHANNING POLLOCK, who played Judex, is seen here performing the classic illusion that he invented.
http://cinema.telerama.fr/edito/robes/robes.htm