Tag: artist

Guercino

(1591–1666) Giovanni Francesco Barbieri The artist’s works: La Veronica 1600 Fondazione Carige, Genova Visione di santa Chiara 1615–1621 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Susanna e i vecchioni 1617 Museo del Prado, Madrid Cristo morto compianto dagli angeli c.1617–1618 National Gallery, London…

Lavinia Fontana

(1552–1614) The artist’s works: Autoritratto alla spinetta 1577 Accademia di San Luca, Roma Autoritratto c.1577 Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza Ritratto di Gian Paolo Zappi c.1577 Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza Autoritratto allo scrittoio 1579 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Ritratto di nobildonna c.1580 National…

James Tissot

(1836–1902) Jacques Joseph Tissot The artist’s works: La danse de la mort 1860 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Le retour de l’enfant prodigue 1862 Petit Palais, Paris Le départ de l’enfant prodigue 1863 Petit Palais, Paris Autoportrait c.1865 Legion of Honor, San Francisco…

Gustave Courtois

(1853–1923) Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois The artist’s works: Madame Gautreau 1891 Oil on canvas, 106 x 58.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Born May 18 1853 Pusey (France) Died November 25 1923 Paris (France) Occupation Painter

Antonio de La Gandara

(1861–1917) Antoine Henri Pierre de La Gandara The artist’s works: Femme assise 1894 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Étude de femme 1895 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Madame Pierre Gautreau 1897 Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston Born December 16 1861 Paris (France) Died June…

La muse inspirant le poète (1909)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La muse inspirant le poète (The Muse Inspiring the Poet) 1909 Oil on canvas, 146.2 x 96.9 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel The portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire and his partner, the painter Marie Laurencin, is one of the most famous…

The Art of Painting (c.1666-1668)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Art of Painting (De Schilderkunst) c.1666–1668 Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Signature: Marked on the lower border strip of the map: I Ver-Meer Inscribed on the top border of the map: NOVA…

Marie Laurencin

(1883–1956) “La muse des cubistes” “La Fauvette” The artist’s works: Artémis c.1908 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Réunion à la campagne 1909 Musée Picasso, Paris Les jeunes filles 1910–1911 Moderna Museet, Stockholm Bacchante 1911 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Deux femmes au piano c.1913 Cincinnati Art…

Hans Holbein the Younger

(c.1497–1543) The artist’s works: Erasmus 1523 National Gallery, London Erasmus of Rotterdam writing 1523 Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel Noli me Tangere 1526–1528 Hampton Court Palace, London Erasmus writing 1528 Musée du Louvre, Paris Erasmus of Rotterdam c.1532 Metropolitan Museum of Art,…