Month: October 2013

L’Atelier rouge (1911)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) L’Atelier rouge (The Red Studio) 1911 Oil on canvas, 181 x 219.1 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York © 2013 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York “Where I got the color red—to be…

Les toits de Collioure (c.1905)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Les toits de Collioure (View of Collioure) c.1905 Oil on canvas, 59.5 x 73 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg © Succession H. Matisse Collioure was a small southern French town on the shore of the Mediterranean where Matisse worked…

Le Madras Rouge (1907)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le Madras Rouge (Red Madras Headdress) 1907 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This striking portrait represents Amelie Matisse, the artist’s wife, who stares down the viewer with a penetrating gaze. Amelie modeled frequently for…

Burrell Collection (Glasgow)

Location: Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G43 1AT Website: https://burrellcollection.com/ Collection: • Degas, Edgar (1834-1917): Portrait d’Edmond Duranty (1879) See also: • Collections | Glasgow (Scotland) | Museums

Glasgow (Scotland)

Museums: • Burrell Collection: Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G43 1AT • Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AG Births: • Fraser, John (1931-2020) • Kerr, Deborah (1921-2007) • Macdonald, Kelly (1976) • Mavor, Freya (1993) • Sellars, Elizabeth (1921-2019) See…

Governors

• Alfonso d’Avalos d’Aquino, Marquis of Vasto and Pescara (1502-1546) • Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC) • Colombo, Cristoforo (1451-1506) • Julius Caesar, Gaius (100 BC-44 BC) • Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis de (1585-1642) • Rockefeller, Nelson (1908-1979) • Tacitus (56-c.120 AD) • Wallace, Lew (1827-1905)