Tag: 1859

Après la chasse (c.1859)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Après la chasse (After the Hunt) c.1859 Oil on canvas, 236.2 x 186.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In style, scale, and composition, this work strongly resembles Courbet’s first hunting scene, The Quarry, a great…

L’Amazone (c.1855-1859)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) L’Amazone (Woman in a Riding Habit) c.1855–1859 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 89.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting of a horsewoman (in French, amazone) was first observed in Courbet’s studio in the late…

La Barque de Dante, d’après Delacroix (c.1859)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Barque de Dante, d’après Delacroix (Bark of Dante, copy after Delacroix) c.1859 Oil on canvas, 33 x 41 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is one of two versions by Manet of Delacroix‘s celebrated painting…

The Lime Burner (1859)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) The Lime Burner 1859 Etching and drypoint on laid paper, 25.4 x 17.8 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London During his formative years in Paris in the 1850s, Whistler was influenced by the injunctions of the…

Georges Seurat

(1859–1891) Georges-Pierre Seurat The artist’s works: Herbeux berge de rivière 1881–1882 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Le coucher du soleil c.1881 Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol Le moissonneur 1881–1882 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Le jardinier 1882–1883 Metropolitan Museum…

Childe Hassam

(1859–1935) Frederick Childe Hassam The artist’s works: Boston Common at Twilight 1885–1886 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Columbus Avenue, Rainy Day 1885 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Columbus Avenue Rainy Day 1885 Private collection Rainy Day, Boston 1885 Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo…

Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau

(1859–1915) Virginie Amélie “Mimi” Avegno Gautreau Madame Pierre Gautreau, née Avegno Madame Gautreau in Art: Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast 1882–1883 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston     Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame X 1883–1884 Metropolitan…

Scottish National Gallery (Edinburgh)

Opened: 1859 Location: The Mound, Edinburgh EH2 2EL Website: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-gallery Collection: • Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530): Domenico di Jacopo di Matteo (c.1528-30) • Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557): Madonna col Bambino e santi (c.1505) • Tiziano (c.1488-1576): Le tre età dell’uomo (1512-14) • Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675):…