Le Testament d'Orphee - Small

This poster was created by Jean Cocteau to promote his 1960 film, Le Testament d'Orphee. The film was created at the very end of Cocteau's career, and stars him as an 18th-century poet. The film also features famous contemporaries such as Pablo Picasso, Jean Marais, and Yul Brynner.

Jean Cocteau (1889 -1963) was a French poet, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Cocteau was a member of the social elite in Paris and was close with cultural icons such as Pablo Picasso, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Igor Stravinsky, Edith Piaf, and Jean Genet. He sought to explore all arenas of the art world instead of focusing on one branch, which was considered controversial at the time. As an artist, Cocteau belonged to the Return to Order School (coined after one of his literary works), which rejected cubism and the avant-garde. Stylistically, his art combines elements of Romanticism and Surrealism in unique ways.

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