Month: July 2019

September Clouds (c.1891)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) September Clouds c.1891 Pastel on canvas, 50.8 x 61 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection After three years study in Europe, Childe Hassam returned to the United States in the fall of 1889. The following spring he…

Fifth Avenue at Washington Square, New York (1891)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Fifth Avenue at Washington Square, New York 1891 Oil on canvas, 56 x 40.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection Following his return from Paris in 1889, Hassam lived at 95 Fifth Avenue, a few steps from…

El fumador (1913)

Gris, Juan (1887-1927) El fumador, Frank Haviland (The Smoker) 1913 Oil on canvas, 73 x 54 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The Smoker in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection was painted at Céret in September 1913. Juan Gris had spent from the beginning of August…

Frank Burty Haviland

(1886–1971) Frank Burty Haviland in the studio of Picasso at 11 Boulevard de Clichy, Paris. On the wall a Punu mask today in the collection of the Musée National Picasso. Frank Haviland in Art: Gris, Juan (1887-1927) El fumador, Frank…

Botella y frutero (1919)

Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Botella y frutero (Bottle and Fruit-Dish) 1919 Oil on canvas, 74 x 54 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In April 1916 Juan Gris signed a contract with Léonce Rosenberg granting him ownership of his entire artistic output, both existing…