Tag: 1883

Danseuses sur la scène (1883)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Danseuses sur la scène (Ballet Dancers on the Stage) 1883 Pastel on paper, 61.6 x 47.31 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas In the 1880s and 1890s, Edgar Degas became increasingly fascinated by the ballet, especially its…

Estelle Winwood

(1883–1984) Estelle Ruth Goodwin Filmography as Actress: The Swan 1956 Director: Charles Vidor Starring: Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness     Murder by Death 1976 Director: Robert Moore Starring: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote   Born January 24 1883 Lee, London (England)…

Eugène Manet et sa fille dans le jardin de Bougival (1883)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Eugène Manet et sa fille dans le jardin de Bougival (Eugène Manet and His Daughter in the Garden at Bougival) 1883 Oil on canvas, 60 x 73.5 cm Private collection See also: • Bougival (France) | Eugène Manet (1833-1892) | Julie Manet (1878-1966)

Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast (1882-1883)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast 1882–1883 Oil on wood, 32 x 41 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Madame Pierre Gautreau, born Virginie Avegno (1859–1915), was Madame X, the statuesque sitter in Sargent’s most notorious portrait…

Madame X (1883-1884)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) 1883–1884 Oil on canvas, 208.6 x 109.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Madame Pierre Gautreau (the Louisiana-born Virginie Amélie Avegno; 1859–1915) was known in Paris for her artful appearance.…

Richard Wagner

(1813–1883) Wilhelm Richard Wagner Works: • Das Rheingold (The Ring of the Nibelung) (1869) • Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) (1843) • Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Master-Singers of Nuremberg) (1868) • Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) (1870) • Götterdämmerung…

Moulin Huet Bay, Guernesey (c.1883)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Moulin Huet Bay, Guernesey c.1883 Oil on canvas, 29.2 x 54 cm National Gallery, London This picture shows the view across Moulin Huet Bay on Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. Renoir seems to have recreated the…