top of page
Lilium's Compendium
Search
Lilium
Dec 23, 20203 min read
Vaslav Nijinsky - Muses & the Beau Monde
Vaslav Nijinsky, born 12 March 1889, was a Polish ballet dancer and choreographer cited as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th...
0 comments
Lilium
Dec 16, 20203 min read
Arthur Mitchell - Muses & the Beau Monde
Arthur Mitchell born 27 March 1934, was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of ballet companies. Mitchell...
0 comments
Lilium
Dec 9, 20203 min read
Will Burgdorf - Muses & the Beau Monde
Will Burgdorf, born 1905 Hannover, was a German photographer. Will went to Dresden at the beginning of the 1920s, where he completed his...
0 comments
Lilium
Dec 2, 20202 min read
Charles Robinson - Muses & the Beau Monde
Charles Robinson, born in Islington, London in October 1870, was a prolific British book illustrator. He was the son of illustrator...
0 comments
Lilium
Nov 25, 20206 min read
George Frederic Watts - Muses & the Beau Monde
George Frederic Watts, born 23 February 1817, was a British painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. Watts was widely...
0 comments
Lilium
Nov 18, 20206 min read
Philip Sassoon - Muses & the Beau Monde
Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Baronet, GBE, CMG, born 4 December 1888, was a British politician, art collector, and social...
0 comments
Lilium
Nov 11, 20203 min read
Laure Albin Guillot - Muses & the Beau Monde
Laure Albin Guillot (née Meifredy) born 15 February 1879, was a French photographer. In addition to portraits of Paris celebrities, she...
0 comments
Lilium
Nov 4, 20205 min read
Henry Cyril Paget, the Fifth Marquess of Anglesey - Muses & the Beau Monde
Henry Cyril Paget, the Fifth Marquess of Anglesey, born 16 June 1875 and nicknamed "Toppy", was a British peer who was notable during his...
0 comments
Lilium
Oct 28, 20202 min read
Christine McConnell - Muses & The Beau Monde
Christine H. McConnell is a photographer, artist, baker and all around Queen of DIY. She has a reputation for her creepy aesthetic which...
0 comments
Lilium
Oct 21, 20204 min read
Vincent Price - Muses & The Beau Monde
Vincent Leonard Price Jr. born 27 May 1911, was an American actor best known for his performances in horror films, although his career...
0 comments
Lilium
Oct 14, 20206 min read
Dante Gabriel Roestti - Muses & The Beau Monde
Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti, born 12 May 1828, generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was an English poet, illustrator, painter...
0 comments
Lilium
Oct 7, 20206 min read
George Barbier - Muses & The Beau Monde
George Barbier, born in Nantes, France on 16 October 1882, was one of the great French illustrators of the early 20th century. Little is...
0 comments
Lilium
Sep 30, 20203 min read
Vita Sackville-West - Muses & The Beau Monde
Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, CH, born 9 March 1892, usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and...
0 comments
Lilium
Sep 23, 20202 min read
Ivor Novello - Muses & The Beau Monde
Ivor Novello, born 15 January 1893, was a Welsh composer and actor...
0 comments
Lilium
Sep 16, 20201 min read
Ram Gopal - Muses & the Beau Monde
Bissano Ram Gopal OBE, born 20 November 1912, was an Indian dancer and choreographer who performed mostly as a soloist and toured...
0 comments
Lilium
Sep 9, 20206 min read
J.C. Leyendecker - Muses & The Beau Monde
Joseph Christian Leyendecker was a German-American illustrator. He is considered to be one of the pre-eminent American illustrators of...
0 comments
Lilium
Sep 2, 20205 min read
Steven Runciman - Muses & The Beau monde
Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman CHFBA, (known as Steven Runciman) born 7 July 1903, was an English historian best known for his...
0 comments
Lilium
Aug 26, 20202 min read
Donna Tartt - Muses & The Beau Monde
Donna Tartt, born 23 December 1963 in Greenwood, Mississippi, is an American author. "Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we...
0 comments
Lilium
Aug 19, 20202 min read
Carl Van Vechten - Muses & The Beau Monde
Carl Van Vechten, born 17 June 1880, was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the...
0 comments
Lilium
Aug 12, 20202 min read
Langston Hughes - Muses & The Beau Monde
James Mercer Langston Hughes, born 1 February 1901, was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from...
0 comments
bottom of page