Month: February 2013

Musée Picasso (Paris)

Opened: 1985 Address: Hôtel Salé, 5 rue de Thorigny, 75003 Paris, France Website: https://www.museepicassoparis.fr/ Collection: • Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956): Réunion à la campagne (1909) • Matisse, Henri (1869-1954): Marguerite (1906-07) • Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973): Maya à la poupée (1938) • Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973):…

Cortona (Italia)

Births: • Severini, Gino (1883-1966) • Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Deaths: • Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) See also: • Cities | Italia

Les joueurs de football (1908)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Les joueurs de football (The Football Players) 1908 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.1 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Henri Rousseau endured the art-historical misfortune of being a working-class late bloomer—he was a Sunday painter who only began to…

Les artilleurs (c.1893-1895)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Les artilleurs (Artillerymen) c.1893–1895 Oil on canvas, 80.6 x 100.6 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Henri Rousseau endured the art-historical misfortune of being a working-class late bloomer—he was a Sunday painter who only began to paint seriously in his…

Moret-sur-Loing (France)

Moret in Art: Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Inondation à Moret 1879 Brooklyn Museum, New York     Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Sur les collines de Moret au printemps, matin 1880 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton     Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Rue de Moret c.1890 Art Institute of…

Nantes (France)

Museums: • Musée d’Arts de Nantes: 10 Rue Georges Clemenceau, 44000 Nantes, France Births: • Laroche, Jean (1921-2010) • Tissot, James (1836-1902) • Verne, Jules (1828-1905) Deaths: • Laroche, Jean (1921-2010) See also: • Cities | France

Woman with a Pearl Necklace (1663-1665)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Woman with a Pearl Necklace (Vrouw met parelsnoer) 1663–1665 Oil on canvas, 56.1 x 47.4 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SIGNATURE / INSCRIPTION: Inscription on the table top: IVMeer (IVM in ligature) A young woman stands at a table and…

Young Woman seated at a Virginal (c.1672-1675)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Young Woman seated at a Virginal (Zittende virginaalspeelster) c.1672–1675 Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 20.1 cm Private collection, New York This entrancing picture, the only one of Vermeer’s mature works remaining in private hands, captures the quiet joy of…