Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le pont du HMS Calcutta, Portsmouth (Gallery of HMS Calcutta) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 91.8 cm Tate Britain, London Tissot often painted a man with two women in order to explore the subtle nuances of flirtation…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) La dernière soirée (The Last Evening) 1873 Oil on canvas, 103 x 72 cm Guildhall Art Gallery, London
Opened: 1885 Address: Guildhall Yard, London EC2V 5AE Website: https://www.guildhall.cityoflondon.gov.uk/spaces/guildhall-art-gallery Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also: •…
(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…
Founded: 1754 Address: 8 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6EZ Website: https://www.thersa.org/ Fellows: • Dench, Judi (1934) • Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) • Savoy, Teresa Ann (1955-2017) • Ustinov, Peter (1921-2004) See also: • London (England) | Museums | Organizations | Westminster (London)
Formation: November 1660 Address: 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, St. James’s, London SW1Y 5AG Website: https://royalsociety.org/ Fellows: • Byron, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824) • Dryden, John (1631-1700) • Evans, Arthur (1851-1941) • Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) • Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892) • Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Surpris! (Surprised!) 1891 Oil on canvas, 129.8 x 161.9 cm National Gallery, London A tiger crouches low in thick jungle foliage, its back arched and teeth bared. It is not entirely clear what is happening, however. Is the tiger…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Portrait de Joseph Brummer (Portrait of Joseph Brummer) 1909 Oil on canvas, 115.9 × 88.3 cm National Gallery, London Staring straight at us while nonchalantly holding a cigarette is the Hungarian-born art dealer Joseph Brummer (1883‒1947). The portrait was…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Bouquet de Fleurs (Bouquet of Flowers) 1909–1910 Oil on canvas, 61 x 49.5 cm Tate Britain, London Rousseau exhibited still lifes of flowers at the Salon des Indépendants in 1902 (1546, ‘Bouquet of Flowers’), 1903 (2142, ‘Bouquet of Flowers’)…
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman early 1660s Oil on canvas, 74.1 x 64.6 cm Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London A Lady at the Virginal with a Gentleman entered the Royal Collection in 1762 as a work…