Jean Cocteau
- Introduction
- Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (UK: , US: , French: [ʒɑ̃ moʁis øʒɛn klemɑ̃ kɔkto]; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic.
- Wikidata
- Q83158
- Introduction
- Cocteau considered himself a poet above all but worked in virtually every medium, including the theater and film. Some of his most important works include the poem L’Ange Heurtebise (1925); the play Orphée (1926); and the novels Les Enfants terribles (1929) and La Machine infernale (1934). His films included Le Sang d’un poète (1930) and La Belle et la bête (1946). His early life was spent in the thrall of the theater, but around 1916 he began associating with avant-garde painters and composers. His collaboration on the ballet Parade (1917) with Picasso, Satie, and Massine evolved from his personal association with both Serge Diaghilev and Picasso, whom Cocteau greatly admired.
- Nationality
- French
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Author, Film Director, Actor, Writer, Muralist, Librettist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Painter
- Names
- Jean Cocteau, Clément Eugène Jean Maurice Cocteau, Zhan Kokto, ז׳אן קוקטו
- Ulan
- 500003025
Exhibitions
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Lincoln Kirstein’s Modern
Mar 17–Jun 15, 2019
MoMA
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Dadaglobe Reconstructed
Jun 12–Sep 18, 2016
MoMA
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Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration
Mar 14–Jul 9, 2012
MoMA
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The Modern Myth: Drawing Mythologies in Modern Times
Mar 10–Aug 30, 2010
MoMA
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Artists and Writers
Jul 10–Oct 3, 1978
MoMA
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Jean Cocteau has
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Jean Cocteau Spectre de la Rose (Nijinsky) 1911
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Various Artists, Marie Laurencin, Jean Cocteau, Francis Poulenc Les Biches 1924
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Various Artists, Marie Laurencin, Jean Cocteau, Francis Poulenc Les Biches, vol. I 1924
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Various Artists, Marie Laurencin, Jean Cocteau, Francis Poulenc Les Biches, vol. II 1924
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Jean Cocteau Frontispiece (folio 3) from Les Biches, vol. I 1924
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Jean Cocteau Glenway Wescott 1926
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Jean Cocteau Monroe Wheeler 1927
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Jean Cocteau A Boy in Profile c. 1930
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Jean Cocteau La Belle et la Bête 1946
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Jean Cocteau Teatre du Vieux Colombien, Jean Baptiste, Le Mal Aimé 1948
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Jean Cocteau Ville de Nice, Jean Cocteau, Tapisserie-Peintures-Dessins 1953
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Various Artists, Wallace Berman, Robert Alexander, Charles Brittin, Cameron, Jean Cocteau, Marion Grogan, Hermann Hesse, Walter Hopps, David Meltzer Semina 1 1955
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Jean Cocteau Scene of Orpheus (Scène d'Orphée) n.d.
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