Tag: flower

La cage (1885)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La cage (The Cage) 1885 Oil on canvas, 50.48 x 38.1 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington Painted in 1885, The Cage typifies Berthe Morisot’s mature style, pushing the boundaries of Impressionism. About 1880, Morisot,…

La modiste (c.1877)

Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) La modiste (The Milliner) c.1877 Pastel on canvas, 45 x 37 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Eva Gonzalès’s subjects were most often women engaged in activities such as reading, knitting, or filling a vase with flowers. This…

Eva Gonzalès (1870)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Eva Gonzalès 1870 Oil on canvas, 191.1 x 133.4 cm National Gallery, London Eva Gonzalès (1849–1883), Manet’s only formal pupil, was a successful artist and a regular exhibitor at the Salon. This portrait was probably started in February…

Spring (1894)

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Spring 1894 Oil on canvas, 178.4 × 80.3 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles Barefoot young women and children adorned with flower crowns and playing musical instruments lead a procession through a city built of marble. Splashes of color,…

Silver Favourites (c.1903)

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Silver Favourites c.1903 Oil on panel, 110 X 71 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester The verse on the frame is from Wordsworth‘s poem ‘Gold and Silver Fishes in a Vase’. See also: • Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)