Rulers: • Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (1889-1893) • Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901) • Victoria, Empress of India (1876-1901) Events: • Scottish National Portrait Gallery opened in Edinburgh. Births: • Christie, Agatha (1890-1976) • Eisenhower, Dwight David (1890-1969) • Everest, Barbara (1890-1968) • Holloway, Stanley (1890-1982) • Lang,…
Month: May 2012
1853
Rulers: • Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (1850-1853) • Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (1853-1857) • Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901) Events: • Neue Pinakothek founded in Munich. Births: • Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927) • Courtois, Gustave (1853-1923) • Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Literature: • Dickens,…
Vincent van Gogh
(1853–1890) The artist’s works: 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 Cityscapes Copies Cottages Drawings Flowers Interiors Landscapes Peasants Portraits Roulin Family Scenes Self-portraits Still lifes Sunflowers Trees Vincent’s Family Vincent in Art: Bacon, Francis (1909-1992) Study for…
1869
Rulers: • Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (1865-1869) • Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (1869-1877) • Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1864-1886) • Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901) Events: • Folies Bergère established in Paris. • Fondazione Querini Stampalia…
Folies Bergère (Paris)
Established: 1869 Location: 32 rue Richer, 9e arrondissement de Paris Website: https://www.foliesbergere.com/ Folies Bergère in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Bar aux Folies-Bergère 1878 Brooklyn Museum, New York Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Un bar aux Folies Bergère 1882 Courtauld Institute, London …
1882
Rulers: • Chester Alan Arthur, 21st President of the United States (1881-1885) • Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1864-1886) • Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901) • Victoria, Empress of India (1876-1901) Events: • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) receives the Légion d’honneur. • Milwaukee Art Museum founded in Milwaukee. • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek established…
Un bar aux Folies Bergère (1882)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Un bar aux Folies Bergère (A Bar at the Folies-Bergeres) 1882 Oil on canvas, 96 x 130 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This celebrated work is Édouard Manet’s last major painting, completed a year before he died, and exhibited in 1882 at…
1883
Rulers: • Chester Alan Arthur, 21st President of the United States (1881-1885) • Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1864-1886) • Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901) • Victoria, Empress of India (1876-1901) Events: • Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica established in Palazzo Corsini, Rome. • Galleria Nazionale d’Arte…
1832
Rulers: • Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (1829-1837) • Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway (1818-1844) • Fernando VII, King of Spain (1813-1833) Events: • Daumier and Philipon imprisoned for six months for their caricatures of the king.…
Hartford, CT (USA)
Museums: • Wadsworth Atheneum: 600 Main Street Births: • Hepburn, Katharine (1907-2003) See also: • Cities | USA