Tag: France

Madame Charles Gounod (1859)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Madame Charles Gounod 1859 Graphite on ivory wove paper, 25.6 x 20.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Gounod, Charles (1818-1893) | Zimmerman, Anna (1829-1907)

Charles Gounod

(1818–1893) Charles-François Gounod Works: • Faust (1859) • Mireille (1864) • Roméo et Juliette (1867) • Inno e Marcia Pontificale (1869) • Marche funèbre d’une marionnette (1872) • Petite Symphonie (1885) • La Reine de Saba (1862) Gounod in Art:…

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1865)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (after Alphonse Charles Masson) 1865 Crayon, with touches of graphite, over charcoal, with stumping, on paper, 16.2 x 10.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago After Alphonse Charles Masson (1814-1898). See also: • Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867)

Paysage avec deux châteaux en ruines (1847)

Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) Paysage avec deux châteaux en ruines (Landscape with Two Ruined Castles) 1847 Brush with brown ink and brown wash, over black crayon and graphite, with shellac, on paper, 26.8 x 46.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In…

Tête d’homme guillotiné (1818-1819)

Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Tête d’homme guillotiné (Head of a Guillotined Man) 1818–1819 Oil on panel, 48.5 × 29.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Théodore Géricault painted this macabre image directly from life. The artist is known to have acquired corpses from…

Vincent van Gogh sur son lit de mort (1890)

Gachet, Paul (1828-1909) Vincent van Gogh sur son lit de mort (Vincent van Gogh on His Deathbed) 1890 Etching in black on tan laid paper, 12.1 × 16.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Compare: Gachet, Paul (1828-1909) Vincent Van Gogh à son…

Portrait d’un homme en costume (c.1767-1768)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Portrait d’un homme en costume (Portrait of a Man in Costume) c.1767–1768 Oil on canvas, 80.3 × 64.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Jean-Honoré Fragonard is perhaps best known for his light-hearted, amorous subjects, which seem to embody…

Dada Gauguin (1920)

Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Dada Gauguin 1920 Gouache and ink on printed paper, 30.3 × 40 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris See also: • Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903)

Forêt et soleil (1927)

Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Forêt et soleil (Forest and Sun) 1927 Oil on canvas, 66 × 82.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Among his many recollections of childhood, Max Ernst…