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Roman Petrovich Tirtoff, pseudonym Erté, was a Russian-born artist, graphic artist, illustrator, stage designer, fashion designer and sculptor of the Art Deco era who worked in Paris and Hollywood. His pseudonym, which he took "so as not to disgrace his family", was made up of the first letters of his first and last name.
Herthe is best known for his elegant fashion illustrations, costume designs and set designs for the theatre.
Erte's work was not limited to the realm of fashion and theatre. He created jewellery, perfume bottles, furniture and furnishings, infusing them with his unique sense of style and elegance. His work often utilised elements of Egyptian, Byzantine and Oriental art, combining historical traditions with contemporary aesthetics
Laura Keene, born Mary Frances Moss, was a British and American stage actress and theater manager.
Mary made her London debut in 1851 as Laura Keene, joining the Madame Vestris Theater Company, where she soon became well known in comedies and feuds. In 1852, Keene arrived in New York City, where she performed with the troupe of James W. Wallack, a year later at the Charles Street Theater, and in 1854 in San Francisco. Here she had already begun staging her own productions.
In 1855, Keene returned to New York to play at the Metropolitan Theater, which she renamed the Laura Keene Variety Theater, and built her own theater. Within eight years she was a major theater producer and director at her theater. Laura Keene's productions were an enduring success, attended by distinguished audiences and fans. But once during her performance there was a tragedy that shook the whole country.
April 14, 1865 at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. was a performance of Laura Keene's company "Our American Cousin", where President Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln were present. Actor John Wilkes Booth shot and mortally wounded President Lincoln, then fled the theater. Laura Keene snuck to the presidential box and placed the mortally wounded president's head in her lap. The blood-stained cuff was later donated to the National Museum of American History. Laura Keene welled up Booth and later identified him under questioning.
Josef Lorenzl was an Austrian sculptor and ceramicist of the Art Deco period, the same era as Ferdinand Preiss (1882–1943) and Demetre Chiparus (1886–1947).
Josef Lorenzl was an Austrian sculptor and ceramicist of the Art Deco period, the same era as Ferdinand Preiss (1882–1943) and Demetre Chiparus (1886–1947).
