Tag: 1881

Chez la modiste (1881)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Chez la modiste (At the Milliner’s) 1881 Pastel on paper, 69.2 x 69.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Two customers in nearly identical dresses—perhaps a mother and daughter or two sisters—are seen from behind in a…

Fruits du Midi (1881)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Fruits du Midi (Fruits of the Midi) 1881 Oil on canvas, 51 x 65 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Le Midi (France)

Les Deux Soeurs, Sur la terrasse (1881)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Deux Soeurs, Sur la terrasse (Two Sisters, On the Terrace) 1881 Oil on canvas, 100.4 × 80.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago “He loves everything that is joyous, brilliant, and consoling in life,” an anonymous interviewer once…

Cecil B. DeMille

(1881–1959) Cecil Blount DeMille Filmography as Director: Samson and Delilah 1949 Director: Cecil B. DeMille Starring: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature     The Ten Commandments 1956 Director: Cecil B. DeMille Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner   Born August 12 1881 Ashfield, MA (USA) Died January 21…

Anna McNeill Whistler

(1804–1881) Anna McNeill Whistler in Art: Whistler, James (1834-1903) Whistler’s Mother 1871 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     See also: • James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Le Déjeuner des canotiers (1880-1881)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Déjeuner des canotiers (Luncheon of the Boating Party) 1880–1881 Oil on canvas, canvas 130.2 x 175.6 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington Detail of Ellen Andrée drinking in the center. Detail of Aline Charigot. See also: • Andrée, Ellen (1857-1925)…

Chester Alan Arthur

(1829–1886) 21st President of the United States (1881–1885) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States