(1519–1559) King of France (1547–1559) Henri II in Art: Michelangelo (1475-1564) Disegno per una statua equestre di Enrico II 1559–1564 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Born March 31 1519 Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France) Died July 10 1559 Paris (France) Father François I, King of France (1494-1547) Wife (1533-1559)…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Ricevimento dell’Ambasciatore francese a Venezia (Reception of the French Ambassador in Venice) 1726–1727 Oil on canvas, 181 x 259.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In the 18th century the Venetian school of painting flourished brightly, but for the last…
(1866–1944) Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky The artist’s works: Munich c.1901–1902 Guggenheim Museum, New York The Blue Rider 1903 Private collection, Zürich Cossacks 1910–1911 Tate Britain, London Landscape with Two Poplars 1912 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Painting with Green Center 1913 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago…
(1867–1947) The artist’s works: Autoportrait 1889 Private collection Le Repas des enfants 1895 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Pont de la Concorde 1913–1915 Tate Britain, London Le Café 1915 Tate Britain, London La Symphonie pastorale 1916–1920 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Baigneuse, de dos c.1919…
(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…
(1840–1897) Louis Marie Alphonse Daudet Works: • Artists’ Wives (English) • Cartas de mi molino (Spanish) • Contes de lundi (French) • Fromont and Risler (English) • Jack (English) • Le Petit Chose (French) • Les femmes d’artistes (French) •…
(1861–1894) The artist’s works: Femmes au bord de la mer 1887–1889 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Paysage de la Martinique 1887 Private collection Paysage de la Martinique 1887–1888 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Allant au marché 1888 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Autoportrait à l’ami Vincent…
(1845–1924) Ferdinand Anne Piestre The artist’s works: Caïn 1880 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Une forge 1893 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Autoportrait 1912 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Born December 24 1845 Paris (France) Died March 20 1924 Paris (France) Buried Cimetière de Montmartre (Paris) Pupils Émile Bernard (1868-1941)…
(1868–1941) Émile Henri Bernard The artist’s works: Baigneuses à la vache rouge 1887 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Intérieur à Pont-Aven 1887 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Jeux d’enfants 1888 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Autoportrait au tableau “Baigneuses à la vache rouge” c.1889 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Baigneuses…
(1889–1963) Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau The artist’s works: Festival de musique de Menton 1956 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland La Tour 1959 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Orphée 1960 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Works: • La Danse de Sophocle (French) •…