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Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller
Swedish painter
Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller (February 18, 1751 – October 5, 1811) was a Swedish painter whose notable works include Danaë receiving Jupiter in a Shower of Gold.
Wertmüller was born in Stockholm and studied art at home before moving to Paris in 1772 to study under his cousin Alexander Roslin and French painter Joseph-Marie Vien.[1] On July 30, 1784, Wertmüller was elected to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture.
Wertmüller was commissioned by Gustav III of Sweden for a portrait of Marie Antoinette, which is now in the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. In 1787, he produced his masterpiece Danaë, a work which proved controversial as one of the earliest female nude paintings exhibited in America.[2]
Wertmüller first emigrated to the United States in May 1794 and continued his portrait work, most notably of General George Washington,[3] but in 1796 was called back to Sweden, eventually returning to Philadelphia in 1800. Elizabeth B. Johnston, in her book Original Portraits of Washington (Boston, 1882), s
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Lina Wertmüller
Lina Wertmuller (born in Rome August 14, 1928, died December 8, 2021) made her directorial debut with The Lizards (I basilischi 1963). She directed Giancarlo Giannini in The Seduction of Mimi (Mimi metallurgico ferito nell’onore 1972), Love and Anarchy (Film d’amore e anarchia,1973), Swept Away (Travolto da un insolito destino nel’azzurro mare di agosto 1974), A Night Full of Rain (La fine del mondo nel nostro solito letto in una notte piena di pioggia 1978) and Seven Beauties (Pascualino Settebellezze 1976). This movie earned her three Academy Award nominations for best director, best screenplay, best foreign film, a fourth nomination as best actor for Giannini, and a Golden Globe nomination for best foreign film. She then directed Blood Feud (Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova, si sospettano moventi politici 1978), A Joke of Destiny (Scherzo del destino in agguato dietro l’angolo come un brigante da strada 1983) with Ugo Tognazzi, Camorra, A Story of Streets, Women and Crime (Un complicato intrigo di
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Michael Wertmüller
A composer and percussionist, Michael Wertmüller studied from 1982 to 1985 at the Swiss Jazz School, from 1986 to 1990 at the Bern Hocschule (HKB) and from 1991 to 1992 at the Amsterdam Conservatory, notably with Misha Mengelberg. From 1995 to 2001, he was a student of Dieter Schnebel at the Universität der Künste in Berlin.
His works have been performed at festivals including Donaueschinger Musiktage, MaerzMusik, Lucerne Festival, Musica Viva, Ultraschall, Tel Aviv Biennale, JazzFest Berlin, Klangspuren Schwaz, Musique Action Nancy, Wien Modern, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, and the London Jazz Festival. He has composed for the theatres of Cologne, Stuttgart, and Zürich.
As a percussionist, he was a member of the Bern Symphony Orchestra, and has performed as a guest with the Royal Orchestra of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In the 1990s, he was the drummer in the experimental music group Alboth!. Since 2004, he has been a member of the Full Blast trio, with whom he has performed in many international festivals.
He has worked with musicians
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