Tag: London

Lordship Lane (London)

Lordship Lane in Art: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La Gare de Lordship Lane, Dulwich 1871 Courtauld Institute, London     See also: • Dulwich (London)

Dulwich (London)

Museums: • Dulwich Picture Gallery: College Rd, Greater London SE21 7AD Roads: • Lordship Lane Dulwich in Art: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La Gare de Lordship Lane, Dulwich 1871 Courtauld Institute, London     Births: • Hawkins, Sally (1976) • Roth, Tim (1961) See also:…

Summer (1876)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Summer (‘Portrait’) 1876 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 50.8 cm Tate Britain, London James Tissot is deliberately ambiguous here, inviting us to interpret it. His model, Miss Lloyd, stands at the entrance of a billiards’ room, a space…

Le pont du HMS Calcutta, Portsmouth (c.1876)

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…

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: •…

James Tissot

(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…

Royal Society of Arts (London)

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)

Royal Society (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…

Surpris! (1891)

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…