Tag: 1886

Blanchisseuses près d’un ruisseau (1885-1890)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Blanchisseuses près d’un ruisseau (Laundresses by a Stream) c.1885–1890 Oil on wood, 17.8 x 22.9 cm National Gallery, London Boudin is most famous for his scenes of well-to-do holidaymakers on the beaches of the fashionable Normandy resorts of…

Child in a Straw Hat (c.1886)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Child in a Straw Hat c.1886 Oil on canvas, 65.3 x 49.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the waist up, a young girl wearing a slate-gray dress and straw hat stands with her hands…

The Sick Child (1885-1886)

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) The Sick Child (Det Syke Barn) 1885–1886 Oil on canvas, 120 x 118.5 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo Edvard Munch used a simple composition for this sickbed scene, placing the main image in the centre and to the fore of…

Musée Condé (Chantilly)

Founded: 1886 Address: Route Pavée, 60500 Chantilly, France Website: http://www.musee-conde.fr/ Collection: • Ingres, J. A. D. (1780-1867): Autoportrait à l’âge de 24 ans (1804) • Ingres, J. A. D. (1780-1867): Paolo et Francesca (1814) • Raffaello (1483-1520): Le Tre Grazie (c.1504-05) • Raffaello (1483-1520): Madonna di Loreto (c.1509-12) See also:…

L’Annonciation (1886-1894)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) L’Annonciation (The Annunciation) 1886–1894 Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, 17 x 21.7 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York According to Luke, an angel appeared to Mary and announced that she would bear the Son of God.…

Une soirée au carnaval (1886)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Une soirée au carnaval (Carnival Evening) 1886 Oil on canvas, 117.3 x 89.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia An air of mystery pervades this wintry forest landscape. Dressed in festive carnival costumes, a lone couple stands in…

Emily Dickinson

(1830–1886) Emily Elizabeth Dickinson Works: • Poems (English) Emily Dickinson in Film: A Quiet Passion 2016 Director: Terence Davies Starring: Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle     Quotes: • Emily Dickinson: Quotations Born December 10 1830 Amherst, MA (USA) Died May 15…

Shoes (1886)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Shoes (F 255, JH 1124) 1886 Oil on canvas, 38.1 cm x 45.3 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Worn-out shoes were an unusual choice of subject for a painting. An acquaintance of Van Gogh‘s in Paris described how…