Month: October 2013

Charles Baudelaire

(1821–1867) Charles-Pierre Baudelaire Works: • Les Fleurs du Mal (1857) • The Flowers of Evil (English) Quotes: • Charles Baudelaire: Quotations Baudelaire in Art: Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Portrait de Baudelaire s.d. Musée du Louvre, Paris     Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) L’Atelier du peintre 1854–1855 Musée…

Grasse (France)

Births: • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Deaths: • Piaf, Édith (1915-1963) See also: • Cities | France

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

(1732–1806) Jean-Honoré Nicolas Fragonard The artist’s works: Le Concours musical c.1749–1752 Wallace Collection, London La Bascule c.1750–1752 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid La Bergère c.1750–1752 Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Le Colin-Maillard c.1750–1752 Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Les amants heureux c.1751–1755 Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Psyché montrant…

Die Drahtziehmühle (c.1489)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Die Drahtziehmühle (The Wire-drawing Mill) c.1489 Watercolor and gouache on paper, 29 x 42.6 cm Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin The depiction of the landscape environment, which is self-evident and particularly interesting to us, was not common for centuries, from the…

Christ as the Man of Sorrows (c.1492-1493)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Christ as the Man of Sorrows c.1492–1493 Oil on panel, 19 x 30 cm Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe Bearing the marks of martyrdom and holding the instruments used to scourge him in his hands, a pensive, exhausted man crouches…

Cimetière de Passy (Paris)

Established: 1820 Location: 2 Rue du Commandant Schloesing, 75016 Paris Burials: • Barrault, Jean-Louis (1910-1994) • Fernandel (1903-1971) • Giraudoux, Jean (1882-1944) • Henriot, Jane (1878-1900) • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) • Manet, Julie (1878-1966) • Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) • Périer, François (1919-2002) • Samary, Jeanne (1857-1890) La tombe de Manet…

Eugène Manet

(1833–1892) Eugène Manet in Art: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Eugène Manet 1874 Private collection     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries 1862 National Gallery, London     Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Eugène Manet et sa fille à Bougival 1881 Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris    …

Julie Manet

(1878–1966) Julie Manet Rouart The artist’s works: Femme assise au Bois de Boulogne 1893–1894 British Museum, London Julie Manet in Art: Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Eugène Manet et sa fille à Bougival 1881 Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris     Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895)…