Tag: Art

Santa Maria Maggiore (Roma)

Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore Papale Arcibasilica Maggiore Arcipretale Liberiana di Santa Maria Maggiore Groundbreaking: 432 Construction started: 435 Completed: 1743 Designated as World Heritage Site: 1980 Address: Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore, 00100 Roma, Italia Website: https://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche/sm_maggiore/index_en.html Burials:…

Hervé Villechaize

(1943–1993) Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize Filmography as Actor: The Man with the Golden Gun 1974 Director: Guy Hamilton Starring: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee   Born April 23 1943 Paris (France) Died September 4 1993 North Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Suicide…

Jeroen Krabbé

(1944) Jeroen Aart Krabbé Filmography as Actor: Stalin 1992 Director: Ivan Passer Starring: Robert Duvall, Julia Ormond   Born December 5 1944 Amsterdam (Netherlands) Occupation Actor Film director Occupation Painter Producer Awards Golden Calf Title Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion

Garçon en culottes courtes (c.1918)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Garçon en culottes courtes (Boy in Short Pants) c.1918 Oil on canvas, 99.69 x 64.77 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Amedeo Modigliani devoted his short and troubled life to creating paintings. He primarily made portraits of…

Guitare et pipe (1913)

Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Guitare et pipe (Guitar and Pipe) 1913 Oil and charcoal on canvas, 65.09 × 49.53 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Juan Gris made significant contributions to the Cubist style established in 1910 by his friends Pablo…

Sheaves of Wheat (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Sheaves of Wheat (F 771, JH 2125) 1890 Oil on canvas, 50.8 × 101.6 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas On 17 June 1890, Vincent van Gogh received a large shipment of canvases from his brother…

River Bank in Springtime (1887)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) River Bank in Springtime (F 352, JH 1321) 1887 Oil on canvas, 48.9 × 58.1 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas The light, fresh tones and free brush strokes in this painting of the banks of…

Le chanteur espagnol (c.1861)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le chanteur espagnol (The Spanish Singer) c.1861 Watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper, 28.58 × 21.59 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas The Spanish Singer is among the earliest masterpieces in watercolor produced by Edouard Manet. It…

Rue de l’Hermitage, Pontoise (1873-1875)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Rue de l’Hermitage, Pontoise 1873–1875 Watercolor, pencil and gouache on paper, 16.83 × 22.86 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas This previously unpublished watercolor is unique in Pissarro‘s career, as it is the only watercolor depicting the…

Paysage à Eragny (1890)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Paysage à Eragny (Landscape at Eragny) 1890 Watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper, 21.59 x 26.035 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas On 14 January 1891, Camille Pissarro wrote to his eldest son, Lucien: “I have mounted…