Tag: 1889

Jeunes filles au piano (c.1889)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au piano (Young Girls at the Piano) c.1889 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 46.36 cm Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au piano 1892 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au…

Howard Lindsay

(1889–1968) Herman Nelke Filmography as Librettist: The Sound of Music 1965 Director: Robert Wise Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer   Born March 29 1889 Waterford, NY (USA) Died February 11 1968 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Librettist Occupation Playwright Producer Occupation Screenwriter…

Victor Fleming

(1889–1949) Victor Lonzo Fleming Filmography as Director: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh     Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1941 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman   Born February 23 1889 La Cañada Flintridge, CA…

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.…

Rendez-vous dans la forêt (1889)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Rendez-vous dans la forêt (Rendezvous in the Forest) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Beyond a dense screen of stylized, dark brown tree trunks, bending branches, and sage and moss-green leaves, a…

Tour Eiffel (Paris)

Built: 1887–1889 Address: Av. Gustave Eiffel, 75007 Paris, France Website: https://www.toureiffel.paris/fr The Eiffel Tower in art: Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Autoportrait aux sept doigts 1912–1913 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam     Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Le Pont de Passy et la Tour Eiffel 1911 Metropolitan Museum…

Le Christ jaune (1889)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Christ jaune (The Yellow Christ) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92.07 x 73.34 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo The Symbolists, who emerged during the 1880s, were weary of modern society and sought escape from reality. They began to…

La Chambre de Van Gogh à Arles (1889)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Chambre de Van Gogh à Arles (Van Gogh’s Bedroom in Arles) 1889 Oil on canvas, 57.3 x 73.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris (F0483-JH1793) Van Gogh produced three, almost identical paintings on the theme of his bedroom. The…

Benjamin Harrison

(1833–1901) 23rd President of the United States (1889–1893) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States

Grover Cleveland

(1837–1908) 22nd President of the United States (1885–1889) 24th President of the United States (1893–1897) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States