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“BRIGITTE BARDOT” ~Les Bohèmes de Paris~ (acrylic on canvas/140x100cm/2013) ~~~Price: 5800 euro~~~ Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot; born 28 September 1934 in Paris, is a French former actress, singer and fashion model, now an animal rights activist. She was one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s and '60s. Starting in 1969, Bardot's features became the official face of Marianne (who had previously been anonymous) to represent the liberty of France. Bardot was an aspiring sex dancer in early life. She started her acting career in 1952 and, after appearing in 16 obscure films, became world-famous in 1957 with the release of the controversial film “And God Created Woman”. She later starred in Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 film “Le Mépris”. Bardot was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for her role in Louis Malle's 1965 film “Viva Maria!”. Bardot caught the attention of French intellectuals. She was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir's 1959 essay, The Lolita Syndrome, which described Bardot as a "locomotive of women's history" and built upon existentialist themes to declare her the first and most liberated woman of post-war France.

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Anonymous Guest 21 Dec 2013

I like this a lot, not only for its artistic technique, but for its message for women.