Tag: Art

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…

Portrait funéraire de Jacques Damala (c.1889)

Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Portrait funéraire de Jacques Damala (Funerary Portrait of Jacques Damala) c.1889 Marble, 27.9 x 46 x 31.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The great tragic actress, Sarah Bernhardt, was also a gifted sculptor. She carved this…

An Egyptian in a Doorway (1865)

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) An Egyptian in a Doorway 1865 Oil on wood, 55.9 x 39.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In the mid-1860s, Alma-Tadema painted a number of subjects set in ancient Egypt, in which convincing archaeological precision and uncanny…

Vue de Cagnes (c.1924-1925)

Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Vue de Cagnes (View of Cagnes) c.1924–1925 Oil on canvas, 60.3 × 73.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Soutine made his way to Paris in 1913 in pursuit of a career as a painter. There, he became…

L’Art de la Conversation (1950)

Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Art de la Conversation (The Art of Conversation) 1950 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans Compare: Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Art de la Conversation 1955 Private collection    

Cristo benedicente (c.1510)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Cristo benedicente (Christ Blessing) c.1510 Oil on masonite, 58.1 x 46.51 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans Christ holds his crystal orb, representing the celestial and earthly sphere over which he is the savior, in Latin the…

Mother and Child in the Conservatory (1906)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Mother and Child in the Conservatory 1906 Oil on canvas, 36 1/8 x 28 3/4 in New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans Mary Cassatt was one of the most prominent artists of her time. Born in Philadelphia,…