Month: February 2013

Joyeux farceurs (1906)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Joyeux farceurs (The Merry Jesters) 1906 Oil on canvas, 145.7 x 113.3 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia

Read more →

Une soirée au carnaval (1886)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Une soirée au carnaval (Carnival Evening) 1886 Oil on canvas, 117.3 x 89.5 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia An air of mystery pervades this wintry forest landscape. Dressed in festive carnival costumes, a lone couple stands in front…

Read more →

Philadelphia Art Museum

Established: 1876 Opened: 1877 Address: 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19130, United States Website: https://www.visitpham.org/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…

Read more →

Philadelphia, PA (USA)

Museums: • Barnes Foundation: 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19130 • Philadelphia Art Museum: 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19130 Districts: • Germantown Births: • Alcott, Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) • Barnes, Albert C. (1872-1951) • Danner, Blythe (1943) • Fell, Norman…

Read more →

María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba

(1762–1802) María del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva Álvarez de Toledo 13th Duchess of Alba The Duchess of Alba in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La maja desnuda 1795–1800 Museo del Prado, Madrid     Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La Duquesa de Alba…

Read more →

Forêt tropicale avec singes (1910)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Forêt tropicale avec singes (Tropical Forest with Monkeys) 1910 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 162.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Born in 1844 to a working-class family in Laval, France, Henri Rousseau worked briefly for a lawyer and…

Read more →

Autoportrait (1895)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1895 Pen and brown ink on brown wove paper, 13.6 x 10 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Read more →