Tag: 1890

La Manche à Gravelines, un soir (1890)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) La Manche à Gravelines, un soir (The Channel at Gravelines, Evening) 1890 Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 81.9 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York Study: Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Étude pour La Manche à Gravelines, un soir 1890…

L’Escalier d’Auvers (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) L’Escalier d’Auvers (Stairway at Auvers) 1890 Oil on canvas, 50 × 70.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis The expressive, swirling lines of the foreground road move backward to the center of the composition and join the…

Baigneurs (1890-1892)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Baigneurs (Bathers) 1890–1892 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 66 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis A group of male bathers relaxes alongside a riverbank: all are nude with the exception of a single figure to the right…

Heinrich Schliemann

(1822–1890) Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann Works: • Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns (English) • Troy and Its Remains (English) Born January 6 1822 Neubukow (Germany) Died December 26 1890 Napoli (Italia) Wife (1852–1869)  Ekaterina…

Pygmalion et Galatée (c.1890)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Pygmalion et Galatée (Pygmalion and Galatea) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 68.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Between 1890 and 1892, Gérôme made both painted and sculpted variations on the theme of Pygmalion and Galatea, the…

L’intrigue (1890)

Ensor, James (1860-1949) L’intrigue (The Intrigue) 1890 Oil on canvas, 89.5 x 149 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp