Tag: femme fatale
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Gerda Wegener, Danish, Les femmes fatales, 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, meet Gerda Wegener, with Footnotes. #85
A femme fatale, sometimes called a maneater or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. She is an archetype of literature and art. Her ability to enchant and hypnotise her victim with a spell was in the earliest…
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Thursday, April 19, 2018 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #31
Charles Haigh-Wood, (British, 1856-1927) Portrait of Mrs. Charles Haigh-Wood Oil on canvas 77.5 x 52.1cm (30 1/2 x 20 1/2in) Private collection Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot (28 May 1888 – 22 January 1947) was an English governess and writer, who became known for her marriage in 1915 to the American poet T. S. Eliot. Her legacy, and…
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