Tag: 1914

Pandore (c.1914)

Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Pandore (Pandora) c.1914 Oil on canvas, 143.5 x 62.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In classical mythology, Pandora was a supremely beautiful woman created by the gods and sent to Earth to live among mortals. Redon…

Le Cyclope (c.1914)

Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Le Cyclope (The Cyclops) c.1914 Oil on cardboard mounted on panel, 65.8 x 52.7 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Dream world The work of Redon portrays a dream world, inhabited by fairies, monsters, spirits and other fantasy figures. This…

Olivier aux Collettes (c.1910-1915)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Olivier aux Collettes (Olive tree in Les Collettes) c.1910–1915 Oil on canvas, 44 x 51 cm Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen See also: • Les Collettes (Cagnes-sur-Mer)

Sacré-Cœur (Paris)

Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre Groundbreaking: 1875 Inauguration: 1891 Completed: 1914 Consecrated: 1919 Address: 35 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, 75018 Paris, France Website: http://www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com/ Le Sacré-Cœur in Art: Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) L’église Saint-Pierre et le Sacré-Cœur à Paris 1912…

Jane Morris

(1839–1914) Jane Morris, née Burden Jane Morris in Art: Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi 1861 Tate Britain, London     Morris, William (1834-1896) La Belle Iseult 1858 Tate Britain, London     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine 1874 Tate…

L’angoscia della partenza (1913-1914)

De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) L’angoscia della partenza (The Anguish of Departure) 1913–1914 Oil on canvas, 86.04 x 70.17 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In his own words, Giorgio de Chirico aspired “to live in the world as an immense museum of…

Portrait de Mlle Quivoron (1860-1914)

Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916) Portrait de Mlle Quivoron (Portrait of Mlle Quivoron) 1860–1914 Etching, drypoint, 39 × 26.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is a portrait of Louise, Marie Bracquemond‘s sister, who lived with the artist and her husband…