#sarah bernhardt

[eirene]

Hamlet, 1899 Alphonse Mucha

[zegalba]

Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), Ophelia (detail).

[nedlittle]

some of sarah bernhardt’s titular roles in posters by alphonse mucha

la dame aux camélias (1880), la tosca (1887), gismonda (1894), lorenzaccio (1896), medée (1898), hamlet (1899) 

[fuckyeahalphonsemucha]

Sarah Bernhardt posters for Medee and Hamlet

[balkanparamo]

Ophelia” by Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923)

[silent--era]

Sarah Bernhardt in the dramatic tragedy play 'Phèdre', photographed by Nadar, c. 1874

[federer7]

Médée (Sarah Bernhardt), 1898

Poster design by Alphonse Mucha

[lubentina]

Georges Clairin (French, 1843-1919)

Sarah Bernhardt dans le rôle de dona Maria de Neubourg dans «Ruy Blas» de Victor Hugo, 1879

[mairithetree]

Frida & Sarah by mairithetree

Today for bi visibility day 💗💜💙, celebrated in France and in many other countries, I wanted to share with you a special piece I worked on for the last few days.

Sarah Bernhardt (1844 - 1923) in her Hamlet costume and Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954) in masculine clothes side by side, two bisexual women who marked art history in different eras. It's a hommage to art nouveau as well and to Mucha who portrayed Sarah Bernhardt in many illustrations. Most of the flowers represented as patterns are flowers Frida had worn in her hair 💖💕

Here are the refs that inspired me for that piece : link, link

I cherish this illustration very deeply because this is how I strongly connect with my bi/pansexuality visually speaking : it's intricate, fluid, and colorful.

Going to see exhibitions about Sarah Bernhardt and Frida Kahlo this year had marked me and helped me a lot with the proccess of defining myself. That's why I wanted to draw them together 💖

Happy bi visibility day 🌈

[oncanvas]

Hamlet, Alphonse Mucha, 1899

Lithograph on two sheets 77 ⅜ x 26 ½ in. (196.53 x 67.31 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA

[eirene]

La Dame Aux Camélias, 1898 Alphonse Mucha

[random-brushstrokes]

Marie-Desirée Bourgoin - Sarah Bernhardt Sculpting in Her Studio (1879)

[the-cricket-chirps]

Sarah Bernhardt

Self-Portrait as a Chimera, Inkwell

c. 1879

Clark Art Institute Collection

[raphlecia]

Alphonse Mucha's poster for a Sarah Bernhardt performance of La Dame aux Camélias (1896)

[pazzesco]

Alphonse Mucha - MEDEE. Sarah Bernhardt lithographic poster in colours, 1898, printed by F. Champenois, 82 x 30½ ins

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