Month: August 2020

Landscape, Kragerø (1912)

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Landscape, Kragerø (Landskap, Kragerø) 1912 Oil on canvas, 72.4 x 100.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Munch settled in the small town of Kragerø on the southern coast of his native Norway in 1909. After decades…

Kragerø in Spring (1929)

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Kragerø in Spring (Kragerø om våren) 1929 Oil on canvas, 98.3 x 94.8 cm Private collection See also: • Kragerø (Norway)

Kragerø (Norway)

Kragerø in Art: Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Landscape, Kragerø 1912 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Kragerø in Spring 1929 Private collection     See also: • Cities | Norway

La Robe Rose (c.1870)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La Robe Rose (The Pink Dress) c.1870 Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 67.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The fashionable portraitist Jacques-Emile Blanche witnessed this painting being made at the Villa Fodor, the family home of…

Jeune femme assise sur un canapé (c.1879)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Jeune femme assise sur un canapé (Young Woman Seated on a Sofa) c.1879 Oil on canvas, 80.6 × 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York At about the time that Morisot depicted this model in her Paris…

Studi per la Sibilla libica, recto (c.1510-1511)

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studi per la Sibilla libica, recto (Studies for the Libyan Sibyl, recto) c.1510–1511 Chalk, 28.9 × 21.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Verso: Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studi per la Sibilla libica, verso c.1510–1511 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York…

Studi per la Sibilla libica, verso (c.1510-1511)

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studi per la Sibilla libica, verso (Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure, verso) c.1510–1511 Chalk, 28.9 × 21.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Recto: Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studi per la Sibilla…

Capucines avec le tableau “Danse” I (1912)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Capucines avec le tableau “Danse” I (Nasturtiums with the Painting “Dance” I) 1912 Oil on canvas, 191.8 × 115.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Matisse‘s representations of his studio often include glimpses of other artwork. Here…

Danse I (1909)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Danse I (Dance I) 1909 Oil on canvas, 259.7 x 390.1 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York See also: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Capucines avec le tableau “Danse” I 1912 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York    

Baccanale con un tino di vino (before 1475)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Baccanale con un tino di vino (Bacchanal with a Wine Vat) before 1475 Engraving and drypoint, 29.9 x 43.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Throughout his life, Mantegna was fascinated with classical antiquity. In the middle…