Tag: Art

Self-Portrait (1942)

Mondrian, Piet (1872-1944) Self-Portrait 1942 Pen, ink, charcoal and gouache on paper, 62.23 x 45.72 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas

Course de chevaux (c.1817)

Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Course de chevaux (Horse Race) c.1817 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 44 x 59 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Théodore Géricault was from a wealthy Rouen family that moved to Paris in 1796 for professional reasons. Géricault was…

Le baiser (c.1816-1817)

Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Le baiser (The Kiss) c.1816–1817 Charcoal, wash and gouache on brown paper, 20 x 27.4 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Having failed to win the Academy prize that would finance a study trip to Italy, in 1816 Géricault decided…

Fleur coquillage (1927)

Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Fleur coquillage (Flower-Shell) 1927 Oil on canvas, 19 x 24 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©VEGAP, Madrid The present Flower-Shell belongs to a set of canvases on the same theme executed between 1927 and 1929, when Max Ernst was…

Ritratto d’uomo (c.1520)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1520 Oil on canvas, 55 x 40 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Correggio was one of the great fresco painters of the 16th century. In his Lives, Vasari provides some insight into his personality,…

Piet Mondrian

(1872–1944) Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan The artist’s works: Young Tree Grove Amidst Water Reflections 1902–1905 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Willow Grove: Impression of Light and Shadow c.1905 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Apple Tree, Pointillist Version 1908–1909 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas The…

Le Christ et la Madeleine (c.1894)

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Le Christ et la Madeleine (Christ and Magdalene) c.1894 Plaster, wood, fabric, 84.5 x 74 x 44.2 cm Musée Rodin, Paris © Agence photographique du musée Rodin – Jérome Manoukian This is one of the rare testimonies that…

Vignobles à Auvers (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Vignobles à Auvers (Vineyards at Auvers) 1890 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 80.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis See also: • Auvers-sur-Oise (France)

Kiki de Montparnasse

(1901–1953) Alice Ernestine Prin Le Violon d’Ingres, photograph by Man Ray (1924) Kiki in Art: Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Testa di donna 1915 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid   Born October 2 1901 Châtillon-sur-Seine (France) Died March 23 1953 Paris (France) Occupation Actress Art Model Occupation Painter…

Le Louvre, matin, soleil (1901)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Louvre, matin, soleil (The Louvre, Morning, Sunlight) 1901 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis See also: • Musée du Louvre (Paris)