Tag: 1905

Le bain (1905)

Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Le bain (The Bath) 1905 Pastel on paper, 68.5 × 54.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago While she received little formal artistic training, Suzanne Valadon had many opportunities to observe artists at work as she modelled for…

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…

L’homme qui marche (1905)

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) L’homme qui marche (The Walking Man) 1905, cast after 1953 Bronze, 223.52 × 74.93 × 160.02 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee

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…

Ambroise Vollard (1904-1905)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Ambroise Vollard 1904–1905 (printed 1919) Lithograph on paper, 33.2 x 25.3 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa See also: • Vollard, Ambroise (1866-1939)

L’Implorante (1898)

Claudel, Camille (1864-1943) L’Implorante (The Implorer) modeled 1898, cast c.1905 Bronze, 27.9 × 36.8 × 21.3 cm, 5.3 kg Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Camille Claudel, Rodin’s most brilliant student, was consumed by her twelve-year affair with the sculptor. In…