Month: February 2013

Moi-même, Portrait-paysage (1890)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Moi-même, Portrait-paysage (Myself, Portrait-Landscape) 1890 Oil on canvas, 146 x 113 cm National Gallery, Prague His today greatly renowned Myself: Portrait – Landscape of 1890 depicts the then new way of the artist’s perception and reflects the artistic confidence…

Národní Galerie v Praze (Prague)

Founded: 1796 Address: 12 Staroměstské nám. 1, 110 15 Praha 1-Staré Město, Czechia Website: https://www.ngprague.cz/en/ Collection: • Bronzino (1503-1572): Eleonora di Toledo (1543) • Bronzino (1503-1572): Ritratto di Cosimo I de’ Medici (c.1560) • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883): Portrait d’homme (1855) • Renoir, Auguste…

Tokyo (Japan)

Museums: • Artizon Museum: 〒104-0031 1-10-1 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo • National Museum of Modern Art: 3-1 Kitanomaru-koen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8322 • National Museum of Western Art: 7-7 Ueno Imperial Grant Park, Taitō, Tokyo Births: • De Havilland, Olivia (1916-2020) • Fontaine, Joan (1917-2013) • Hama, Mie…

Japan

Cities: • Hakone • Hiroshima • Kitakyushu • Nara • Tokyo • Toyota

La Tour Eiffel (c.1898)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Tour Eiffel (The Eiffel Tower) c.1898 Oil on canvas, 77.2 x 52.4 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston See also: • Tour Eiffel (Paris)

Surpris! (1891)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Surpris! (Surprised!) 1891 Oil on canvas, 129.8 x 161.9 cm National Gallery, London A tiger crouches low in thick jungle foliage, its back arched and teeth bared. It is not entirely clear what is happening, however. Is the tiger…

Portrait de Joseph Brummer (1909)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Portrait de Joseph Brummer (Portrait of Joseph Brummer) 1909 Oil on canvas, 115.9 × 88.3 cm National Gallery, London Staring straight at us while nonchalantly holding a cigarette is the Hungarian-born art dealer Joseph Brummer (1883‒1947). The portrait was…

Gustave Courtois

(1853–1923) Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois The artist’s works: Madame Gautreau 1891 Oil on canvas, 106 x 58.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Born May 18 1853 Pusey (France) Died November 25 1923 Paris (France) Occupation Painter