Tag: Art

Henry Moore

(1898–1986) Henry Spencer Moore The artist’s works: Girl 1931 Tate Britain, London Reclining Figure 1935–1936 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Morning after the Blitz 1940 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Three Seated Figures 1941 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Two Mothers Holding Children 1941 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Three Seated…

Joshua Reynolds

(1723–1792) Sir Joshua Reynolds, RA, FRS, FRSA The artist’s works: A Caricature Group c.1751 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Self-Portrait when Young 1753–1758 Tate Britain, London Frances, Countess of Dartmouth 1756 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Portrait of a Clergyman 1756–1760 Museo del Prado, Madrid David…

Thomas Gainsborough

(1727–1788) The artist’s works: Conversation in a Park c.1746–1748 Musée du Louvre, Paris Landscape in Suffolk c.1748 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Portrait of the Artist with his Wife and Daughter c.1748 National Gallery, London View in Suffolk c.1755 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis A…

Francesco Guardi

(1712–1793) Francesco Lazzaro Guardi The artist’s works: Il sacrificio di Isacco 1750s Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Veduta del Canal Grande 1756–1760 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Veduta del Canal Grande verso Rialto 1756–1760 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Veduta del Canale della…

Bernardo Bellotto

(1721–1780) Bernardo Bellotto (Bellotti) The artist’s works: Il Canal Grande verso nord-est verso il Ponte di Rialto c.1738 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne La Piazza della Signoria a Firenze 1740 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest L’Arno a Firenze 1740 Museum of Fine…

Canaletto

(1697–1768) Giovanni Antonio Canal The artist’s works: Piazza San Marco late 1720s Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Paesaggio con rovine c.1721–1722 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Canal Grande da San Vio, Venezia 1723–1724 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid La Dogana a Venezia c.1724–1730 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna…

Michelangelo

(1475–1564) Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni The artist’s works: Madonna della Scala c.1490 Casa Buonarroti, Firenze Battaglia dei centauri 1490–1492 Casa Buonarroti, Firenze Madonna di Manchester c.1494 National Gallery, London Bacco 1496–1497 Museo del Bargello, Firenze Pietà 1498–1499 San Pietro, Vaticano…

Alvar Aalto

(1898–1976) Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto The artist’s works: Stacking Armchair 1929 Museum of Modern Art, New York Cantilevered Stacking Side Chair 1930 Museum of Modern Art, New York 31 Armchair 1931–1932 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Paimio Sanatorium 1932 Paimio,…

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

(1598–1680) The artist’s works: Baccanale: un fauno preso in giro da bambini c.1616–1617 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York San Sebastiano 1616–1617 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid San Lorenzo 1617 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Nudo maschile seduto c.1618–1624 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Anima dannata…

Henri Rousseau

(1844–1910) Henri Julien Félix Rousseau dit Le Douanier Rousseau The artist’s works: Une soirée au carnaval 1886 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Rendez-vous dans la forêt 1889 National Gallery of Art, Washington Moi-même, Portrait-paysage 1890 National Gallery, Prague Surpris! 1891 National…