Tag: dancer

Le Ballet de ‘Robert Le Diable’ (1876)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Le Ballet de ‘Robert Le Diable’ (The Ballet Scene from Meyerbeer’s Opera Robert Le Diable) 1876 Oil on canvas, 76.6 × 81.3 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was born in Paris where he entered the…

Pierrot et danseuse (1900)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Pierrot et danseuse, La Danseuse bleue (Pierrot and dancer, The Blue Dancer) 1900 Oil on canvas, 38.4 x 46 cm Private collection Pierrot et danseuse (La Danseuse bleue) is one of the very few oils that Picasso completed…

Spanish Dancer Wearing a Lace Mantilla (1873)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Spanish Dancer Wearing a Lace Mantilla 1873 Oil on canvas, 65.2 × 50.1 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington Mary Cassatt spent a few months in Spain in the early 1870s. She went first to Madrid, where she copied…

Femme en chemise (1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Femme en chemise (Woman in a chemise) 1906 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Effortless nonchalance and confident mastery. That’s the winning combination which enabled André Derain to create a masterpiece that now…

La Carmencita

(1868–1910) Carmen Doucet Moreno Carmen Dauset La Carmencita in Art: Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) La Carmencita 1890 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) La Carmencita c.1890 Musée du Louvre, Paris     Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) La Carmencita 1890 Private collection  …

Henriette Darricarrère

(1901-?) Matisse painting the model Henriette Darricarrère. Matisse drawing the model Henriette Darricarrère. Darricarrère in Art: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Les Joueuses de dominos 1921 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia     Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le Coffret chinois 1922 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia     Matisse, Henri (1869-1954)…

Coin d’un café-concert (1878-1880)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Coin d’un café-concert (Corner of a Café-Concert) probably 1878–1880 Oil on canvas, 97.1 x 77.5 cm National Gallery, London In the middle of the nineteenth century the café-concert became extremely popular in France, and Parisian establishments such as the…