Tag: 1924

Le Pont japonais (c.1923-1925)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Pont japonais (The Japanese Bridge) c.1923–1925 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 116.21 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis In 1883, Claude Monet moved to Giverny, about forty miles northwest of Paris. For the rest of his life, he…

Portrait d’Ambroise Vollard au chat (c.1924)

Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Portrait d’Ambroise Vollard au chat (Portrait of Ambroise Vollard with a Cat) c.1924 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 111 cm Petit Palais, Paris In the center of a room cluttered with paintings, Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939) sits on a chair…

La Maison Bleue de Claude Monet à Giverny (1924)

Butler, Theodore Earl (1861-1936) La Maison Bleue de Claude Monet à Giverny (Claude Monet’s Blue House in Giverny) 1924 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 45.7 cm Private collection Theodore Earl Butler’s La Maison Bleue de Claude Monet à Giverny captures the…

Femme au vase (1924)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Femme au vase (Woman with vase) 1924 Oil on canvas, 92 x 65 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen A woman with a red vase in her arms is depicted strictly frontally and with a linear precision that…

La terre labourée (1923-1924)

Miró, Joan (1893-1983) La terre labourée (The Tilled Field) 1923–1924 Oil on canvas, 66 x 92.7 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York During the summer of 1923 Joan Miró began painting The Tilled Field, a view of his family’s farm in Montroig, Catalonia.…

José Quintero

(1924–1999) Filmography as Director: The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone 1961 Director: José Quintero Starring: Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty   Born October 15 1924 Panama City (Panamá) Died February 26 1999 Manhattan, New York, NY (USA) Cause of death Cancer (esophageal) Occupation Film…

Femme assise (1923-1924)

Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Femme assise (Seated Woman) 1923–1924 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The woman portrayed here seems to bear the weight of the world on her shoulders. Her ghostlike silhouette in tones of…

Le Pierrot au livre (1924)

Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Le Pierrot au livre (Pierrot with Book) 1924 Oil on canvas, 65.5 × 50.8 cm Tate Britain, London On display at Tate Modern. Although this painting is resolutely figurative, it is strongly influenced by Cubism. Pierrot’s upper body…