Her most famous work of poetry, "Sonnets from the Portuguese" (1845-46), is a collection of love poems written after she met Browning. Unfortunately, Elizabeth's health deteriorated again after a few years, and in 1861 she died in Florence, where she is buried in the Protestant Cemetery. The couple then moved to Florence (Italy), where they made their home and enjoyed a happy life - crowned by the birth of a child in 1849, when Elizabeth was 43 years old. He eventually disinherited her when she and Browning got married in 1846. The two fell in love, though they had to conduct their courtship in secret because of Elizabeth's father's disapproval. In 1845, she met fellow poet Robert Browning, six years her junior, who had previously written to her to express his admiration for her 1844 volume "Poems". In spite of these issues, she pursued her literary career, soon becoming one of England's most successful writers, and also championing social causes such as child labour reform. She started writing poetry at the age of 6, a few years before her health problems (head and spinal pain, and possibly tuberculosis) manifested, forcing her to take opiates for most of her life. In spite of that, Bernhardt continued her acting career almost until her death in 1923, often appearing on stage without her prosthetic wooden leg, and holding audiences spellbound with the power of her voice.Įlizabeth Barrett, born in 1806 in northeastern England, was the eldest of 12 children. The injury became gangrenous, and caused her entire leg to be amputated, forcing the actress in a wheelchair for months. In 1905, while performing in Rio de Janeiro, Bernhardt injured her right knee in the final scene of Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca", when the titular heroine jumps off the parapet of the Castel Sant'Angelo. She also starred in a number of silent movies. She was noted for her eccentricities (such as sleeping in a coffin) and her close friendships with some of the most famous artists and writers of the turn of the century. In 1866 she returned to acting, and quickly became one of the most sought-after actresses of her time, performing all over the world and earning the nickname of "Divine Sarah".
Educated at a convent school, she studied acting at the Comédie-Française, but then took up the life of a courtesan after she was expelled from the theatre for slapping another actress. Artemisia's most famous painting, "Judith Slaying Holofernes" (1614-20), has been interpreted as a sort of psychological retaliation against the violence she had endured at the hands of men.īorn in Paris (probably in 1844) as Rosine Bernardt, Sarah Bernhardt was the daughter of a courtesan and an unknown father. She is thought to have died in the plague that swept through Naples in 1656. In 1638 she was invited to London by King Charles I, whose court painter Orazio had become, then returned to Italy in 1642.
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Artemisia, who had been a virgin, was subjected to a gynaecological examination, and subsequently tortured with thumbscrews to 'make sure' her testimony was truthful.Īfter the trial, Artemisia got married and moved to Florence, where her career took off she later settled in Naples, where she enjoyed many personal and professional successes. When Orazio realized that the man was not going to marry her as reparation for his deed, he pressed charges against Tassi. In 1611 Artemisia was raped by Agostino Tassi, a collaborator of Orazio's who was tutoring her privately. Her father was Orazio Lomi Gentileschi, a Tuscan painter who soon became aware of her daughter's talent and introduced her to painting. Artemisia Gentileschi was born in Rome in 1593.
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