Key highlights of the Bowman Sculpture stand at TEFAF Maastricht will include Sarah Bernhardt’s Autoportrait, Attilio Piccirilli’s Flower of the Alps.
19th-century French actress Sarah Bernhardt was a global sensation during her lifetime. American author Mark Twain once wrote: "There are five kinds of actresses: bad actresses, fair actresses ...
It is an account, written by Mlle. Sarah Bernhardt, of an ascent she made last Summer in a balloon. This prosaic description of the dainty volume gives, however, no idea of its contents.
On the centenary of Sarah Bernhardt's death, we take a look back at the whimsical life of the whimsical and eventful life of "la Divine", who defied theatrical theatrical traditions.