Month: February 2013

Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau

(1859–1915) Virginie Amélie “Mimi” Avegno Gautreau Madame Pierre Gautreau, née Avegno Madame Gautreau in Art: Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast 1882–1883 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston     Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame X 1883–1884 Metropolitan…

Cannes (France)

Births: • Philipe, Gérard (1922-1959) Deaths: • Avegno Gautreau, Virginie Amélie (1859-1915) • Franklin, Maud (1857-1939) • Marais, Jean (1913-1998) • Marin, Jacques (1919-2001) • Mérimée, Prosper (1803-1870) • Young, Terence (1915-1994) See also: • Cities | France

Rendez-vous dans la forêt (1889)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Rendez-vous dans la forêt (Rendezvous in the Forest) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Beyond a dense screen of stylized, dark brown tree trunks, bending branches, and sage and moss-green leaves, a…

La Guerre (after 1895)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Guerre (The War) after 1895 Photomechanical relief print on red coated wove paper, 32.5 × 49.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Paysage exotique (1909)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Paysage exotique (The Equatorial Jungle) 1909 Oil on canvas, 140.6 x 129.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Two animals with golden yellow, brown, and black fur peer out from behind dense jungle foliage in this stylized, vertical painting.…

Fleurs dans un vase (1909)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Fleurs dans un vase (Flowers in a Vase) 1909 Oil on canvas, 45.4 x 32.7 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo For Henri Rousseau, the theme of the still life, especially flowers, offered a pleasant diversion from more ambitious,…

Ottawa (Canada)

Museums: • National Gallery of Canada: 380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1N 9N4 Births: • Oh, Sandra (1971) See also: • Canada | Cities