Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le citron (The Lemon) c.1935 Oil on canvas, 27.2 x 41.2 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Le citron (c.1935)
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Le Viaduc de l’Estaque (1907)
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le Viaduc de l’Estaque (The Viaduct at L’Estaque) 1907 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 80.6 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Between 1906 and 1910, Georges Braque made several trips to the south of France and the port at…
Jean Cocteau (1916)
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Jean Cocteau 1916 Oil on canvas, 100.4 x 81.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Modigliani moved from his native Italy to Paris in 1906 and soon became part of the city’s vibrant artistic and literary culture. His…
The Salutation of Beatrice (1869)
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) The Salutation of Beatrice 1869 Oil on canvas, 57.1 x 47 cm Private collection Inscription with a sonnet from Dante‘s Vita Nuova (The New Life). Beatrice Portinari was the Florentine girl who represented the ideal of…
The Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi (1861)
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi 1861 Oil on 3 canvases, 133.6 x 98.4 x 8.5 cm / 133.9 x 181.9 x 8 cm / 133.3 x 98.4 x 8 cm Tate Britain, London This triptych…
L’iris (1895)
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) L’iris (Woman with Iris) 1895 Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Among the most successful academic painters of the late nineteenth century, Bouguereau received numerous official honors from the French art establishment.…
Queen Eleanor and the Fair Rosamund (1901-1902)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Queen Eleanor and the Fair Rosamund Probably 1901–1902 Oil on canvas, 75.6 x 66.7 cm De Morgan Collection Rosamund was the mistress of Henry II, who built a house for her at Woodstock in Oxfordshire. Legends say…
Mrs Siddons (1785)
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Mrs Siddons 1785 Oil on canvas, 126 × 99.5 cm National Gallery, London Mrs Siddons (1755–1831) was the greatest tragic actress of her time, remaining at the top of her profession for 30 years. Gainsborough painted her in the…
Sarah Siddons
(1755–1831) née Sarah Kemble Sarah Siddons in Art: Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Mrs Siddons 1785 National Gallery, London Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents 1786 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Born July 5 1755 Brecon (Wales) Died June 8 1831 London (England) Occupation…
Paysage à la Ciotat (1907)
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Paysage à la Ciotat (Landscape in La Ciotat) 1907 Oil on canvas, 51 x 62 cm Private collection Braque’s magnificent depiction of La Ciotat in the south of France is a seminal image of the Fauve revolution at…