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Georges Braque

(1882-1963) The artist’s works: Le Port d’Anvers 1905 Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel Le Port d’Anvers 1906 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Le port de l’Estaque 1906 Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Le Port de La Ciotat 1907 National Gallery of Art, Washington Le Viaduc de…

Thérèse des Hours

Thérèse des Hours Thérèse in Art: Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) La robe rose 1864 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) Les lauriers roses 1867 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati     Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) Réunion de famille 1867–1868 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) Thérèse…

Gregorio Vecellio

(?-1538) Gregorio Vecellio in Art: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Uomo in armatura c.1530 Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano   Died 1538 Son Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Occupation Councillor Soldier

Castelnau-le-Lez (France)

Castelnau in Art: Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) La robe rose 1864 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) Les lauriers roses 1867 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati     Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) Réunion de famille 1867 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) Thérèse lisant dans le…

Nicolosia Bellini

Nicolosia Mantegna, née Bellini Nicolosia painted by her brother Giovanni (left) and by her husband (right). Nicolosia in Art: Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio c.1470 Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venezia     Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Presentazione al Tempio c.1454 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin   Born Venezia (Italia) Died Mantova (Italia)…

Cattura di Cristo (1621)

Guercino (1591-1666) Cattura di Cristo (The Betrayal of Christ) 1621 or earlier Oil on canvas, 115.3 x 142.2 cm Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Companion: Guercino (1591-1666) Incredulità di san Tommaso 1621 National Gallery, London    

Francis Bacon

(1909–1992) The artist’s works: Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion 1944 Tate Britain, London Study for a Portrait 1952 Tate Britain, London Study for Crouching Nude 1952 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Study for ‘Portrait of Van Gogh IV’…

Small Worlds IV (1922)

Kandinsky, Wassily (1866-1944) Small Worlds IV (Kleine Welten IV) 1922 Lithograph, 26.6 x 25.6 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York Small Worlds IV (Kleine Welten IV) from Small Worlds (Kleine Welten) Published in 1922, shortly after Vasily Kandinsky began teaching at…

Swinging (1925)

Kandinsky, Wassily (1866-1944) Swinging (Schaukeln) 1925 Oil on board, 70.5 × 50.2 cm Tate Britain, London The title ‘Swinging’ captures this work’s sense of movement. Kandinsky believed painting should aim to be as abstract as music. He worked to create art that…

Cossacks (1910-1911)

Kandinsky, Wassily (1866-1944) Cossacks (Cosaques) 1910–1911 Oil on canvas, 94.6 × 111.8 cm Tate Britain, London The ‘cossacks’ of the title are Russian cavalrymen which you can just recognise from their orange hats at the top and right of the painting. However…