Tag: 1878

Plage à marée basse (c.1850)

Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Plage à marée basse (Beach at Ebb Tide) c.1850 / c.1878 Oil on panel, 35 x 55 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Daubigny painted this beautiful seascape in Villerville-sur-Mer in Normandy. On an otherwise empty beach, a lone shell seeker walks…

Peacock (1878)

Morris, William (1834-1896) Peacock 1878 Tapestry, 290 x 168 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Tapestry: wool weave, twill weave (twisted woolen warp, green; woolen wefts, dark blue and light blue, and slatted wefts, ochre, orange, green, brown and blue); pattern reproduced 4…

Louise Abbéma (1878)

Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Louise Abbéma 1878 Marble, 42 x 27 x 22 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Inscription: À sa d. SARAH BERNHARDT. 1878. See also: • Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927)

Arrangement in Yellow and Gray: Effie Deans (c.1876-1878)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Arrangement in Yellow and Gray: Effie Deans c.1876–1878 Oil on canvas, 194 x 93 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam A standing young woman, full-length, in profile to the right. One of several paintings of standing women titled “Arrangement…”…

Carmen Rossi

(c.1878-?) Carmela ‘Carmen’ Caira Carmen in Art: Whistler, James (1834-1903) Pink and Gold: The Neapolitan 1897 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid   Occupation Art model

Peacock and Dragon (1878)

Morris, William (1834-1896) Peacock and Dragon 1878 Weft-faced compound twill; wool, 206.6 x 174.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Morris sought to produce textiles that could function as he imagined medieval wall hangings had, bringing warmth to stone-cold rooms. Boldly…

La Ferme à l’entrée du bois (1860-1880)

Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) La Ferme à l’entrée du bois (The Farm at the Entrance of the Wood) 1860–1880 Oil on fabric, 28.4 x 40.3 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Bonheur‘s artistic work led her to pastures, fairs, and even slaughterhouses—unlikely…

Three Figures: Pink and Grey (1868-1878)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Three Figures: Pink and Grey 1868–1878 Oil on canvas, 139.1 x 185.4 cm Tate Britain, London This picture derives from one of six oil sketches that Whistler produced in 1868 as part of a plan for…

The Triumph of the Innocents (1876-1887)

Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Triumph of the Innocents 1876–1887 Oil on canvas, 157.5 × 247.5 cm Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Mary and the infant Christ on the donkey are being led on their nocturnal flight to Egypt by Joseph. They…