Month: April 2021

Baigneuse au bord de la mer (1939)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Baigneuse au bord de la mer (Bather by the sea) 1939 Gouache on laid paper, 64.1 × 46.4 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Bather by the Sea is readily identified as Dora Maar by the shoulder-length dark hair,…

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The Lawrence Tree (1929)

O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) The Lawrence Tree (D.H. Lawrence Pine Tree) 1929 Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 101.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: O’Keeffe found endless beauty and inspiration in nature, from coastlines in the Northeast to the desert in the Southwest.…

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D.H. Lawrence

(1885–1930) David Herbert Lawrence Works: • Aaron’s Rod (English) • Amores: Poems (English) • Bay: A Book of Poems (English) • Birds, Beasts and Flowers (English) • England, My England (English) • Fantasia of the Unconscious (English) • Kangaroo (English)…

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Ferdinand-Philippe d’Orléans

(1810–1842) Ferdinand Philippe Louis Charles Henri Joseph Duke of Orléans Ferdinand-Philippe in Art: Ingres, J. A. D. (1780-1867) Ferdinand Philippe, Duc d’Orléans 1844 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford   Born September 3 1810 Palermo (Italia) Died July 13 1842 Neuilly-sur-Seine (France)

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Arcadie (1860)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Arcadie/Idylle: Famille de l’Antiquité (Arcadia/Idyll: Family from Antiquity) 1860 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 51.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Bouguereau, one of the most successful painters of the nineteenth century, was particularly admired in the United States. He…

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