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Mary Moser (27 October 1744 – 2 May 1819)

27/10/2021

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A portrait of Mary Moser by George Romney
A portrait of Mary Moser by George Romney
Mary Moser RA (27 October 1744 – 2 May 1819) was an English painter and one of the most celebrated women artists of 18th-century Britain. One of only two female founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768 (along with Angelica Kauffman), Moser painted portraits but is particularly noted for her depictions of flowers.
Flowers Still Life, by Mary Moser
Flowers Still Life, by Mary Moser

Biography

Mary Moser was born in London. She was trained by her Swiss-born artist and enameller father George Michael Moser (1706–1783), George III's own drawing master. Her talents were evident at an early age: she won her first Society of Arts medal at 14, and regularly exhibited flower pieces, and occasional history paintings, at the Society of Artists of Great Britain. Ten years later, however, her thirst for professional recognition led her to join with 35 other artists (including her father) in forming the Royal Academy, and, with Angelica Kauffman, she took an active role in proceedings.
Flowers Still Life, by Mary Moser
Flowers Still Life, by Mary Moser
Flowers Still Life, by Mary Moser
Flowers Still Life, by Mary Moser
Flowers Still Life, by Mary Moser
Flowers Still Life, by Mary Moser
​In a group portrait by Johan Zoffany, The Academicians of the Royal Academy (1771–72; Royal Collection, London), members are shown gathered around a nude male model at a time when women were excluded from such training in order to protect their modesty. So that Moser and Kauffman could be included, Zoffany added them as portraits hanging on the wall.

George Romney (c. 1770) painted a portrait of Moser at work on a still life which was acquired by the National Portrait Gallery (London) in 2003.

Her influences include the older Dutch masters, famed for glowing color against dark backgrounds. From the beginning, her approach was "bold and luxurious," writes Germaine Greer.

In the 1790s, Moser received a prestigious commission, for which she was paid over £900, from Queen Charlotte to complete a floral decorative scheme for a room in Frogmore House in Windsor, Berkshire. This was to prove one of her last professional works.

At 53, she married Captain Hugh Lloyd, the widower of a friend on 23 October 1793. She retired and began exhibiting as an amateur under her married name. She continued showing at the Royal Academy until 1802.

At this period Moser had a brief affair with artist Richard Cosway, who was then separated from his wife Maria Cosway, an Anglo-Italian artist. Moser travelled with him for six months on a sketching tour in 1793.

"One of the most celebrated women artists of 18th-century Britain," Moser died in Upper Thornhaugh Street, London, on 2 May 1819, and was buried, alongside her husband in Kensington Cemetery.

Moser's pieces in the British Royal Collection show that she was not only "the first significant British flower painter, she was also one of the best." Her portrait of famed British sculptor Joseph Nollekens hangs in the Yale Center for British Art.
Flowers Still Life (Jardinière of Flowers), by Mary Moser, Brooklyn Museum, New York
Flowers Still Life (Jardinière of Flowers), by Mary Moser, Brooklyn Museum, New York
After Moser's death in 1819, no further women were elected as full members of the Academy until Dame Laura Knight in 1936.
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​Marcello Mastroianni (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996)

28/9/2021

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​Marcello Mastroianni (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996), elegancepedia
​Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian film actor, regarded as his country's biggest film star of all time. His films include: La Dolce Vita; 8½; La Notte; Divorce Italian Style; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Marriage Italian Style; The 10th Victim; A Special Day; City of Women; Henry IV; Dark Eyes and Everybody's Fine. His honours included BAFTAs, Best Actor awards at the Venice and Cannes film festivals, two Golden Globes and three Oscar nominations.
​Marcello Mastroianni (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996), elegancepedia

​​Marcello Mastroianni, all'anagrafe Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (Fontana Liri, 26 settembre 1924 – Parigi, 19 dicembre 1996), è stato un attore italiano.

È stato tra gli interpreti italiani più conosciuti e apprezzati all'estero negli anni sessanta e settanta, soprattutto per i ruoli da protagonista nei film di Federico Fellini e per le pellicole recitate in coppia con Sophia Loren. Capace di destreggiarsi perfettamente sia nei ruoli drammatici che in quelli comici, è generalmente affiancato ai grandi della commedia all'italiana Alberto Sordi, Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman e Nino Manfredi.

È stato per tre volte candidato all'Oscar al miglior attore: per Divorzio all'italiana (1963), per Una giornata particolare (1978) e per Oci ciornie (1988). Ha vinto 2 Golden Globe, 2 Premi BAFTA, 8 David di Donatello, 8 Nastri d'argento, 5 Globi d'oro e un Ciak d'oro. Come Jack Lemmon e Dean Stockwell, ha ottenuto in 2 diverse occasioni il Prix d'interprétation masculine al Festival di Cannes, nel 1970 per Dramma della gelosia e nel 1987 per Oci ciornie. Ha vinto per 2 volte la Coppa Volpi alla Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica per Che ora è e Uno, due, tre, stella!. Nel 1990 gli è stato conferito il Leone d'oro alla carriera.

Biography

​Marcello Mastroianni was born in Fontana Liri, a small village in the Apennines in the province of Frosinone, Lazio, and grew up in Turin and Rome. His father ran a carpentry shop. Mastroianni was a nephew of sculptor Umberto Mastroianni. During World War II, after the division into Axis and Allied Italy, he was interned in a loosely guarded German prison camp, from which he escaped to hide in Venice.

His brother Ruggero Mastroianni was a film editor who worked on some of Marcello's films (City of Women, Ginger and Fred), and appeared alongside Marcello in Scipione detto anche l'Africano, a spoof of the once popular sword and sandal film genre released in 1971.
​Marcello Mastroianni (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996), young, elegancepedia
Mastroianni made his screen debut as an uncredited extra in Marionette (1939) when he was fourteen, and made intermittent minor film appearances until landing his first big role in Atto d'accusa (1951).

Mastroianni married Flora Carabella (1926–1999) on 12 August 1950. They had one daughter together, Barbara (1951–2018).
Marcello Mastroiani with his wife Flora Carabella (1926-1999)and their daughter Barbara
Marcello Mastroiani with his wife Flora Carabella (1926–1999)and their daughter Barbara
Within a decade he became a major international celebrity, starring in Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958); and in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) playing a disillusioned and self-loathing tabloid columnist who spends his days and nights exploring Rome's decadent high society. Mastroianni followed La Dolce Vita with another signature role in Fellini's 8½ (1963)in which he plays film director who, amidst self-doubt and troubled love affairs, finds himself in a creative block while making a film.
Marcello Mastroianni with Anita Ekberg in film La Dolce Vita
Marcello Mastroianni with Anita Ekberg in film La Dolce Vita
Marcello Mastroianni with Anita Ekberg in film La Dolce Vita
Marcello Mastroianni with Anita Ekberg in film La Dolce Vita
After his role in La Dolce Vita (1960), Marcello Mastroianni became Latin lover in public eyes. Although he tried to defend himself against such fame, he was romantically involved with different women during his marriage.

His
 first serious relationship was with Faye Dunaway, his co-star in A Place for Lovers (1968). Dunaway wanted to marry and have children, but Mastroianni, a Catholic, refused to divorce Carabella. In 1970, after more than two years of waiting for Mastroianni to change his mind, Dunaway left him. Mastroianni told a reporter for People magazine in 1987 that he never got over his relationship with Dunaway. "She was the woman I loved the most", he said. "I'll always be sorry to have lost her. I was whole with her for the first time in my life."
Marcello Mastrioanni with Faye Dunaway
Marcello Mastrioanni with Faye Dunaway
Marcello Mastrioanni with Faye Dunaway
Marcello Mastrioanni with Faye Dunaway
Marcello Mastrioanni with Faye Dunaway
Marcello Mastrioanni with Faye Dunaway
Marcello Mastroianni and his wife Flora Carabella separated in 1970, but he never divorced her.

After Dunaway, another serious relationship Marcello Mastroianni had was with French actress Catherine Deneuve, nearly 20 years his junior. They  lived together for four years in the 1970s, and had a daughter, Chiara Mastroianni (born 28 May 1972).

During that time, the couple made four films together:
 It Only Happens to Others (1971), La cagna (1972), A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973) and Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974). After Mastroianni and Deneuve broke up, his wife Carabella reportedly offered to adopt Chiara because her parents' work kept them away so often. Deneuve would have none of it.
Marcello Mastroianni with Catherine Deneuve
Marcello Mastroianni with Catherine Deneuve
Marcello Mastroianni with Catherine Deneuve
Marcello Mastroianni with Catherine Deneuve
Marcello Mastroianni with Catherine Deneuve on the set of Liza(1972)
Marcello Mastroianni with Catherine Deneuve on the set of Liza(1972)
Marcello Mastroianni with Catherine Deneuve and their daughter Chiara Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni with Catherine Deneuve and their daughter Chiara Mastroianni
Mastroianni's other lovers reportedly included actresses Silvana Mangano, Anouk Aimée, Ursula Andress, Claudia Cardinale, Carole Mallory and Lauren Hutton. Around 1976, he became involved with Anna Maria Tatò, an author and filmmaker. They remained together until his death.
Marcello Mastroianni with Anouk Aimée
Marcello Mastroianni with Anouk Aimée
Marcello Mastroianni with Claudia Cardinale
Marcello Mastroianni with Claudia Cardinale
His other prominent films include Days of Love​ (1954) with Marina Vlady; La Notte (1961) with Jeanne Moreau; Too Bad She's Bad (1954), Lucky to Be a Woman (1956), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Marriage Italian Style (1964), Sunflower (1970), The Priest's Wife (1971), A Special Day (1977) and Robert Altman's Prêt-à-Porter (1994) – all co-starring ; Luchino Visconti's White Nights (1957); Pietro Germi's Divorce Italian Style (1961); Family Diary (1962) with Jacques Perrin; A Very Private Affair (1962) with Brigitte Bardot; Mario Monicelli's Casanova 70 (1965); Diamonds for Breakfast (1968) with Rita Tushingham; The Pizza Triangle (1970) with Monica Vitti; Massacre in Rome (1973) with Richard Burton; The Sunday Woman (1975) with Jacqueline Bisset; Stay As You Are (1978) with Nastassja Kinski; Fellini's City of Women (1980) and Ginger and Fred (1986); Marco Bellocchio's Henry IV (1984); Macaroni (1985) with Jack Lemmon; Nikita Mikhalkov's Dark Eyes (1987) with Marthe Keller; Giuseppe Tornatore's Everybody's Fine (1990); Used People (1992) with Shirley MacLaine; and Agnès Varda's One Hundred and One Nights (1995).

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times: for Divorce Italian Style, A Special Day and Dark Eyes. Mastroianni, Dean Stockwell and Jack Lemmon are the only actors to have been twice awarded the Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival. Mastroianni won it in 1970 for The Pizza Triangle and in 1987 for Dark Eyes.

​He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1994.
Marcello Mastroianni with his daughter with Catherine Deneuve: Chiara Mastroianni.
Marcello Mastroianni with his daughter with Catherine Deneuve: Chiara Mastroianni.
In 1996 Mastroianni starred alongside his daughter with Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, in Raúl Ruiz's Three Lives and Only One Death. For this performance he won the Silver Wave Award at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival. His final film, Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997), was released posthumously.
Mastroianni died of pancreatic cancer on 19 December 1996 at the age of 72. Both of his daughters, as well as Catherine Deneuve and Anna Maria Tatò, were at his bedside.

The Trevi Fountain in Rome, associated with his role in Fellini's La Dolce Vita, was symbolically turned off and draped in black as a tribute.

At the 1997 Venice Film Festival, Marcello Mastroianni's daughter Chiara Mastroianni, his ex-wife Carabella Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve tried to block the screening of Tatò's four-hour documentary, Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember. The festival refused and the film was shown. The three women reportedly tried to do the same thing at Cannes. Tatò said Mastroianni had willed her all rights to his image.

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Marcello Mastroianni nacque a Fontana Liri, al secolo parte dell'allora provincia di Terra di Lavoro, il 26 settembre del 1924, ma registrato all'anagrafe quale nato il 28, figlio di Ottorino Mastrojanni, un falegname, fratellastro dello scultore Umberto Mastroianni, e di Ida Irolle, originari entrambi del vicino paese di Arpino. 

Poco tempo dopo la propria nascita, si trasferisce con i genitori dapprima a Torino, dove, nel 1929, nasce il fratello Ruggero, e successivamente, nel 1933, definitivamente a Roma, presso il quartiere San Giovanni, dove frequenta le scuole in via Taranto.

Da giovanissimo riesce a lavorare come comparsa in Marionette di Carmine Gallone, ne La corona di ferro di Alessandro Blasetti, in Una storia d'amore di Mario Camerini, e ne I bambini ci guardano di Vittorio De Sica.


Nel 1943 consegue il diploma di perito edile presso l'Istituto tecnico industriale statale Galileo Galilei. Dopo aver conseguito il diploma, lavora come disegnatore tecnico, prima per il comune di Roma, poi per quello di Firenze all'Istituto Geografico Militare, che dopo l'armistizio viene assorbito dall'Organizzazione Todt. A causa della fusione, Mastroianni si trasferisce a Dobbiaco (in provincia di Bolzano), da dove, in vista di un suo ulteriore trasferimento in Germania, fugge con il collega e amico Remo Brindisi.

Nel 1945, terminata la guerra, comincia a prendere le prime lezioni di recitazione e a bussare nuovamente alle porte del cinema. È in questo periodo che condivide le sue aspirazioni di attore con una giovane ancora sconosciuta, Silvana Mangano, con la quale frequentava un corso di recitazione, e i due vivono una breve storia d'amore.
Marcello Mastroianni con Silvana Mangano
Marcello Mastroianni con Silvana Mangano
Il vero e proprio debutto nel cinema avviene nel 1948 con I miserabili, film di Riccardo Freda tratto dall'omonimo romanzo di Victor Hugo. Nello stesso periodo comincia ad ottenere piccole parti in teatro, dapprima in compagnie di dilettanti. Viene notato da Luchino Visconti, che gli offre il suo primo ruolo da professionista, in Rosalinda o Come vi piace da Shakespeare e poi in Un tram che si chiama Desiderio di Tennessee Williams.
Marcello Mastriuanni  Flora Carabella, e la figlia Barbara Mastroianni
Marcello Mastriuanni Flora Carabella, e la figlia Barbara Mastroianni
Sul set teatrale de Un tram che si chiama Desiderio al Teatro Eliseo di Roma conobbe l'attrice Flora Carabella, che sposò il 12 agosto 1950 e dalla quale ebbe una figlia, Barbara (1951-2018), costumista di cinema e teatro. I due si separarono nel 1970, ma mai divorziarono.
Dopo aver interpretato sotto la regia di Luciano Emmer diversi ruoli da attor giovane in commedie neorealistiche (Domenica d'agosto, Parigi è sempre Parigi, Le ragazze di piazza di Spagna), arrivano anche al cinema i primi ruoli drammatici in Febbre di vivere di Claudio Gora, Cronache di poveri amanti di Carlo Lizzani e Le notti bianche di Luchino Visconti, mentre sul set di Peccato che sia una canaglia di Alessandro Blasetti incontra per la prima volta Sophia Loren.
L'affermazione definitiva arriva nel 1958 con I soliti ignoti, cui segue Adua e le compagne (1960). I due capolavori di Federico Fellini: La dolce vita (1960) e il successivo 8½ (1963) gli conferiranno il successo internazionale e la fama di «latin lover», dalla quale cercherà, più o meno inutilmente, di difendersi fino all'età più matura.

Nel 1961 esce Divorzio all'italiana commedia nera basata sull'omicidio d'onore. Il film presentato al 15º Festival di Cannes ottiene il premio per la migliore commedia e vincitore, nel 1963, di un Premio Oscar per la migliore sceneggiatura originale, risulta essere un successo internazionale, consolidando la fama di Mastroianni che ottiene per la sua interpretazione del barone Cefalù il Nastro d'argento al migliore attore protagonista, il premio BAFTA al migliore attore straniero, il Golden Globe per il miglior attore in un film commedia o musicale e infine la candidatura all'Oscar al miglior attore.

Nel 1962 il settimanale americano Time gli dedica un servizio, come divo straniero più ammirato negli USA. Il suo fascino di attore gli derivava, oltre che dalla sua bellezza e da interpretazioni sempre di altissimo livello, anche da un tratto distaccato, a tratti sornione, dal quale sembrava trasparire talvolta una velata malinconia e persino una certa timidezza.

Ne I compagni (1963), di Mario Monicelli, interpreta il ruolo di un intellettuale socialista che fomenta le rivolte di fabbrica, mentre, sotto la direzione di Vittorio De Sica, ritrova Sophia Loren come partner femminile in Ieri, oggi, domani (1963), Matrimonio all'italiana (1964) e I girasoli (1970): la coppia che ha formato con lei è stato un sodalizio artistico tra i più riusciti del cinema italiano, che si è snodato con episodi memorabili lungo l'intera carriera di entrambi.
Nel 1966 debutta anche nella commedia musicale, interpretando per circa tre mesi il ruolo di Rodolfo Valentino in Ciao Rudy di Garinei e Giovannini, cantando e ballando tutte le sere e cercando di sfatare un'altra fama che si era creato, quella di eterno pigro. La critica non sarà tenera con lui, e anche se le repliche sono costantemente gremite fino al "tutto esaurito", Mastroianni abbandona le scene pagando una penale di 100 milioni di lire per girare Il viaggio di G. 
Marcello Mastrioanni con Faye Dunaway
Marcello Mastrioanni con Faye Dunaway
Nel 1968 gira Amanti sotto la regia di Vittorio De Sica. Protagonista femminile è Faye Dunaway, con la quale avrà una breve ma chiacchieratissima storia sentimentale quando viveva con la moglie. La loro fu una relazione intensa, tanto che Faye avrebbe voluto sposarlo e avere da lui dei figli, ma lui temporeggiava, indeciso se lasciare o meno la moglie; infine, la Dunaway si fidanzò con Harris Yulin e la loro relazione ebbe così termine.
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Nello stesso periodo gira alcuni film in lingua inglese, manifestando una notevole capacità di dizione anche in questa lingua. 
Nel 1971 lavora con Marco Ferreri in La cagna e sul set conosce Catherine Deneuve, con la quale intreccerà una lunghissima relazione dal 1971 al 1975, da cui nascerà Chiara Mastroianni. Nel 1972 si trasferisce a Parigi e avrà l'opportunità, tra il 1972 e il 1974, di lavorare in numerose pellicole francesi.
Marcello Mastroianni con Catherine Deneuve
Marcello Mastroianni con Catherine Deneuve
Marcello Mastroianni con Catherine Deneuve
Marcello Mastroianni con Catherine Deneuve
Marcello Mastroianni con Catherine Deneuve
Marcello Mastroianni con Catherine Deneuve
Nel 1976 si legò alla regista Anna Maria Tatò, con la quale convisse fino alla morte.

Tornato in Italia, riprende a interpretare ruoli in commedie leggere (Culastrisce nobile veneziano, La pupa del gangster), film d'autore (Todo modo, Una giornata particolare), drammi a tinte forti (Mogliamante, Per le antiche scale), film grotteschi (Ciao maschio).

​Nel 1978 debutta in uno sceneggiato televisivo: Le mani sporche, che Elio Petri trae da Sartre. 

Nel 1980 viene richiamato da Federico Fellini, che a diciotto anni da 8 ½ lo rivuole protagonista ne La città delle donne. Lavorerà con lui ancora nel 1985 in Ginger e Fred, e nel 1987 in Intervista. 

Nel 1988 è protagonista insieme a Massimo Troisi di Splendor e Che ora è, entrambi diretti da Ettore Scola. Per quest'ultimo film i due protagonisti riceveranno ex aequo la coppa Volpi alla Mostra del cinema di Venezia. Nel 1990 vince il Leone d'oro alla carriera che gli viene consegnato da Federico Fellini al Palazzo del Cinema durante il Festival del cinema di Venezia. Negli anni novanta Marcello Mastroianni gira soprattutto all'estero, con grandi autori del cinema internazionale.
Marcello Mastroianni con la figlia Chiara Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni con la figlia Chiara Mastroianni.
Colpito da un tumore del pancreas, poco prima della morte realizzò durante la lavorazione del suo ultimo film, Viaggio all'inizio del mondo di Manoel de Oliveira,  una lunga auto-confessione: Marcello Mastroianni - Mi ricordo, sì, io mi ricordo (curata da Anna Maria Tatò, la sua ultima compagna) che è considerata da molti il suo testamento spirituale. L'ultimo impegno fu la commedia Le ultime lune nei teatri italiani a Napoli.

Poi tornò a Parigi. Morì pochi mesi dopo nel suo appartamento di Parigi il 19 dicembre 1996, stroncato dalla malattia e assistito dalla figlia minore, Chiara. Le sue spoglie riposano nel cimitero del Verano, a Roma.
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Marpessa Hennink (12 July 1964)

12/7/2021

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Marpessa Hennink, the catwalk condessa, by Ferdinando Scianna
Marpessa Hennink(12 July 1964) is a Dutch fashion model. She is best known for her work as a runway model, which earned her the moniker “The Catwalk Contessa”.
Marpessa Hennink was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands to a Dutch mother and a Dutch / Surinamese father of African ancestry.

From as young as the age of four, Hennink expressed an interest in fashion and began working as a model after she turned sixteen, having been discovered by a magazine editor in her native Amsterdam.  This happened despite being rejected, deemed “too exotic” by the Eileen Ford agency during a casting call.
Amongst the many magazines that Hennink has been featured in are various international editions of Vogue, as well as other publications such as Elle, Glamor, Time, Vanity Fair, Marie Claire, L'Officiel, Harpers & Queen and Photo.
She credited the late fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez with recommending her to some of the prominent designers,  such as Azzedine Alaia, and Karl Lagerfeld of the fashion house Chanel.  Most notably, Hennink walked the runway for Dolce & Gabbana's first fashion show in 1985,  at the beginning of their career as designers. The same year, she appeared in the music video for Bryan Ferry's song, "Slave to Love", directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino.

Hennink went on to walk the runway for many other designers including Versace, Christian Lacroix, Valentino, Christian Dior, Gianfranco Ferré, Oscar de la Renta, Calvin Klein, Issey Miyake, Moschino, Claude Montana, Salvatore Ferragamo, Comme des Garçons, Lanvin, Thierry Mugler, Donna Karan, Trussardi, Mila Schön, Rifat Özbek, and Bruce Oldfield.
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Marpessa Hennink
Marpessa Hennink modeling for Dolce&Gabbana
Marpessa Hennink modeling for Dolce&Gabbana
In 1987, Hennink was chosen by Dolce & Gabbana to star in the advertising campaign for their Fall / Winter collection.  It was the first campaign for the label, and Hennink agreed to do it for free. The campaign was photographed in Sicily by Ferdinando Scianna of Magnum Photos. The photographs from the campaign made such an impression that Hennink came to be seen as an icon of Mediterranean femininity.
Marpessa Hennink for Valentino Ready-to-wear, Spring/Summer 1989
Marpessa Hennink for Valentino Ready-to-wear, Spring/Summer 1989
Marpessa Hennink for Valentino Ready-to-wear, Fall/Winter 1990
Marpessa Hennink for Valentino Ready-to-wear, Fall/Winter 1990
Marpessa Hennink for Valentino Ready-to-wear, Fall/Winter 1990
Marpessa Hennink for Valentino Ready-to-wear, Fall/Winter 1990
In October of that year, Hennink was named "Model of the Year" during the “Oscars de la Mode” in Paris.  After which she was given the nickname "the Catwalk Contessa".
Marpessa Hennink, the catwalk condessa
Marpessa Hennink, the catwalk condessa
Marpessa Hennink, the catwalk condessa
Marpessa Hennink, the catwalk condessa
Marpessa Hennink, the catwalk condessa
Marpessa Hennink, the catwalk condessa
Marpessa Hennink, the catwalk condessa
In 1993, after the publication of the book Marpessa, uno sguardo, by Ferdinando Scianna, Hennink retired from modeling, having also been put off by the arrival of the grunge fashion trend. 

Upon her retirement, she moved to Ibiza, Spain, where she began a career as an interior decorator.  She made a return to the fashion runways in 2004, where she closed the Fall / Winter show for designer Antonio Marras.

​ In 2005, Hennink gave birth to a daughter.

In January 2011, Hennink was chosen to walk in a special fashion show held by designer Alberta Ferretti in Florence, Italy. Then, in May 2011, she walked in the "Fashion for Relief" benefit show in Cannes, France. The following year, Dolce & Gabbana launched a line of made-to-measure clothing called "Alta Moda", and chose Hennink as the global ambassador for that line.
Marpessa Hennink speaks six languages. In her spare time, she enjoys interior decorating and photography. She considers Inès de La Fressange, Diana Vreeland, and Madeleine Castaing as her style icons.
Marpessa Hennink modeling for Dolce&Gabbana
Marpessa Hennink modeling for Dolce&Gabbana
Marpessa Hennink modeling for Dolce&Gabbana
Marpessa Hennink modeling for Dolce&Gabbana
Marpessa Hennink modeling for Dolce&Gabbana
Marpessa Hennink modeling for Dolce&Gabbana
Marpessa Hennink modeling for Dolce&Gabbana
Marpessa Hennink modeling for Dolce&Gabbana
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