Tag: 1918

Tanagra (1918)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Tanagra (The Builders, New York) 1918 Oil on canvas, 149.2 x 149 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington In Tanagra (The Builders, New York), Childe Hassam painted an ambivalent image of modern life. At the turn of the twentieth…

Alice (c.1918)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Alice c.1918 Oil on canvas, 78.5 x 39 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Modigliani worked almost exclusively with the human figure and is particularly well known for his portraits. When he painted this picture his characteristic style of…

Crouching human couple (1918)

Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Crouching human couple / The Family (Kauerndes Menschenpaar / Die Familie) 1918 Oil on canvas, 150 × 160.8 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna A man and a woman, both naked, crouch in the darkness of a room. A child…

Portrait of the artist’s wife, Edith Schiele (1918)

Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Portrait of the artist’s wife, Edith Schiele (Bildnis der Frau des Künstlers, Edith Schiele) 1918 Oil on canvas, 139.8 × 109.8 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna “One evening Schiele was invited with his wife. She was completely covered by…

Edith Schiele

(1893–1918) Edith Schiele, née Harms Edith in Art: Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Crouching human couple 1918 Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna     Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Portrait of the artist’s wife 1918 Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna   Born 1893 Died October 28 1918 Vienna (Austria)…

La casa de la palmera (1918)

Miró, Joan (1893-1983) La casa de la palmera (House with Palm Tree) 1918 Oil on canvas, 65 x 73 cm Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid Joan Miró’s searches for new plastic solutions between 1916 and 1918 led to the creation of four ‘detailist’…

Samuel-Jean Pozzi

(1846–1918) Pozzi in Art: Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Dr. Pozzi at Home 1881 Hammer Museum, Los Angeles   Born October 3 1846 Bergerac (France) Died June 13 1918 Paris (France) Cause of death Murdered Lover Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) Occupation Art collector Physician Title…

Antibes (1918)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Antibes 1918 Watercolor and charcoal on laid paper, 30.2 x 42.9 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia See also: • Antibes (France)

Autoportrait (c.1918)

Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) c.1918 Oil on canvas, 54.6 × 45.7 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Soutine arrived in Paris in 1913 and became a member of the cosmopolitan artistic world of Montparnasse and the group that critics of…