Month: February 2013

La Fille du capitaine (1873)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) La Fille du capitaine (The Captain’s Daughter) 1873 Oil on canvas, 72.3 x 104.8 cm Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton Tissot began his career exhibiting historic subjects at the Paris Salon but during the 1860s turned to scenes…

Southampton City Art Gallery

Built: 1930 Address: Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY Website: https://southamptoncityartgallery.com/ Collection: • Monet, Claude (1840-1926): L’église de Vétheuil (1880) • Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903): Vue depuis la route de Versailles, Louveciennes (1870) • Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899): Allée de châtaigniers…

Southampton (England)

Southampton in Art: Whistler, James (1834-1903) Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water 1872 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago     Museums: • Southampton City Art Gallery: Civic Centre Rd, Southampton, SO14 7LP Births: • Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) • Russell, Ken (1927-2011) See also: • Cities | England | UK

L’Annonciation (1886-1894)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) L’Annonciation (The Annunciation) 1886–1894 Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, 17 x 21.7 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York According to Luke, an angel appeared to Mary and announced that she would bear the Son of God.…

Brooklyn Museum (New York)

Opened: 1895 Location: 200 Eastern Pkwy, New York, NY 11238 Website: https://www.brooklynmuseum.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 X Y Z See…

Cache-cache (c.1877)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Cache-cache (Hide and Seek) c.1877 Oil on wood, 73.4 x 53.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In early 1874 Degas wrote, “Look here, my dear Tissot. . . you positively must exhibit at the Boulevard [in the…

Guildhall Art Gallery (London)

Opened: 1885 Address: Guildhall Yard, London EC2V 5AE Website: https://www.guildhall.cityoflondon.gov.uk/spaces/guildhall-art-gallery Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also: •…

James Tissot

(1836–1902) Jacques Joseph Tissot The artist’s works: La danse de la mort 1860 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Le retour de l’enfant prodigue 1862 Petit Palais, Paris Le départ de l’enfant prodigue 1863 Petit Palais, Paris Autoportrait c.1865 Legion of Honor, San Francisco…

Yo (1901)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Yo (Self Portrait) 1901 Oil on cardboard mounted on wood, 51.4 x 31.8 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York Marilee Talkington: Pablo Picasso seems to move toward us out of the darkness in this powerful Self Portrait…