Tag: 1904

The Hourglass (1904-1905)

De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Hourglass 1904–1905 Oil on canvas, 121.2 x 108.2 cm De Morgan Collection Evelyn De Morgan‘s sister Mrs Stirling wrote the following description in 1924: In an ancient chair, inlaid with ivory, a woman is seen seated.…

Daughters of the Mist (1900-1919)

De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Daughters of the Mist 1900–1919 Oil on canvas, 119.4 x 101 cm De Morgan Collection These Daughters of the Mist may be connected to Hans Christian Andersen’s story of the Little Mermaid. She kills herself for life,…

Paul Gauguin (1903-1905)

Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Paul Gauguin 1903–1905 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris This portrait of Gauguin was in all likelihood inspired by the artist’s death in the Marquesas Islands on May 8, 1903. That November, Redon published an…

Jean-Léon Gérôme

(1824–1904) The artist’s works: Portrait de femme 1851 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Étude des palmiers 1855–1856 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York César mort c.1859 National Gallery of Art, Washington Les Joueurs de dames 1859 Wallace Collection, London Diogène 1860 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore…

Anton Chekhov

(1860–1904) Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Works: • Avioliittoja (Finnish) • Der Bär (German) • Der persische Orden und andere Grotesken (German) • Ein Heiratsantrag (German) • Eine langweilige Geschichte (German) • Eno Vanja (Finnish) • Ivanoff (English) • Kaksikymmentä (Finnish) •…

Les Grandes Baigneuses (c.1894-1905)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Les Grandes Baigneuses (Bathers) c.1894–1905 Oil on canvas, 127.2 x 196.1 cm National Gallery, London Around 200 of Cézanne’s works depict male and female nude bathers, either singly or in groups, in a landscape. The earliest dates from…