Travis Simpkins

Monday, July 28, 2014

Access Magazine- Worcester Art Museum: Travis Simpkins- Avant garde on duty

Friday, July 25, 2014

Rembrandt (1936): Charles Laughton as the Dutch Old Master

Directed by Alexander Korda, Rembrandt (1936) takes a cinematically biographical look at the troubled life and artistic career of Rembrandt van Rijn. The focus is placed on drama over process, but is an enjoyable portrait of the Dutch Old Master in 17th Century Holland. Charles Laughton is excellent as Rembrandt. Laughton's real-life spouse, Elsa Lanchester, is wonderful and beautiful as Hendrickje Stoffels. Overall, a great production.

Charles Laughton

The Night Watch

Charles Laughton

Elsa Lanchester

Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester

Charles Laughton

Elsa Lanchester

Charles Laughton

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa. by R.A. Scotti

Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa.

Well worth the time… a great read.

"On August 21, 1911, Leonardo da Vinci’s most celebrated painting vanished from the Louvre. The prime suspects were as shocking as the crime: Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire, young provocateurs of a new art. The sensational disappearing act captured the world’s imagination. Crowds stood in line to view the empty space on the museum wall. Thousands more waited, as concerned as if Mona Lisa were a missing person, for news of the lost painting. Almost a century later, questions still linger: Who really pinched Mona Lisa, and why? Part love story, part mystery, Vanished Smile reopens the puzzling case that transformed a Renaissance portrait into the most enduring icon of all time." -amazon.com