Cocteau

Oedipus Rex, The Testament of Orpheus, The Blood of a Poet, The Infernal Machine… References abound. In Cocteau's work, it is not uncommon to encounter mythological figures in a poem, film, or drawing. These are literary references, but above all, a gateway to creation. More than a passion, it was a true artistic catalyst for Cocteau. Mythology served as a window to the imagination, a passage into the world of creation, a source of inspiration and identification that animated him from childhood until his death in 1963.