Not all find their calling in the beginning of life.
It is considered that the talents of the people manifested at a young age, and creative activity falls on the period of maturity. But it happens that in humans a large part of life is spent on learning to create real masterpieces, and success only comes later years.
Claude Monet
The impressionist painter, Claude Monet did some of his most famous works at the age of 70 years . However, his paintings also changed during this time Monet began to use darker and more intense colors. This was partly due to his cataract – after Monet had an operation for cataract at the age of 80, he destroyed some of his canvases (perhaps because he began to see colors more clearly).
Henry Roth
Author Henry Roth wrote his famous novel “I guess it’s a dream” just 28 years old (in 1934), and then disappeared for the whole 60 years. Although his second novel has experienced popularity in the 1960-ies, the Company still hadn’t heard anything. In the end, was born the second novel of the writer “the Mercy of a rapid stream,” which also became a bestseller. Died Mouth in 1994, a year later.
Elliot Carter
Composer Elliot Carter worked until his death in 2012 at the age of 103 years. Some of his most famous works he completed at the age of 88 years. And the first Opera he wrote in 89 years.
Anna Moses
In her late 70 – ies, the wife of a common farmer Anna Moses became increasingly difficult to continue to embroider, as she suffered from arthritis. So my sister asked her to do a painting (at the time Anna was more than 70 years). Her canvases in the style of folk art became popular across the country, after which the “Grandma Moses,” became a cultural icon during his lifetime. She died in 1961 at the age of 101 years, continuing to draw on the last day of life.
Mary Wesley
The English novelist Mary Wesley came from an aristocratic family and her life was full of rebellious attitude, the leftist and troubled relationships. She began to seriously engage in writing activities after 60 years, and her first book was published in 1983, when Mary was 70 years old. After this, Mary Wesley became a best selling author, having written more than 10 books on class relations in Britain that are replete with explicit sexual scenes.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Iconic architect Frank Lloyd Wright continued to develop professionally throughout his long career. The design of the Guggenheim Museum is an excellent example of his later style. Although he conceived such a design back in the 1940’s, the building was built in 1959. Wright died in the same year, at the age of 91 years.
Robertson Davies
Canadian writer, playwright, teacher and journalist Robertson Davies began writing his novels after he retired. Retired from office of the rector of Massey College and Professor of Trinity College University of Toronto in 1981, he immediately published a novel “the Rebel angels”. He was 68 years old. Robertson even nominated for the Nobel prize for literature in 1993, and he died in 1995, while working on another novel.
Manuel de Oliveira
Portuguese Director Oliveira continued to engage in professional activities until his death. The last film Oliveira, Gebo and Shadow” was released in 2012, at that time the Director turned 104 years old. Although, de Oliveira made his first film in 1931, following the tape appeared on the screens only in 1963, and after that Director was not heard until 1990-ies.
Gene Rice
Gene Rice spent most of his life in poverty. It was not until until she published her novel “Wide Sargasso sea” in 1966 (gene was then 76 years). The novel brought her worldwide fame.
Quentin Crisp
Quentin crisp made a masterpiece of his own. We are talking about his memoir, “Naked official”, published in 1968, when Crisp was 59 years. After 11 years on the biography made the film.
