Tag: Muse

Elizabeth Siddal

(1829–1862) Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall, Lizzie The artist’s works: Lady Affixing Pennant to a Knight’s Spear c.1856 Tate Britain, London Sir Patrick Spens 1856 Tate Britain, London King Arthur’s Death c.1859–1862 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Lizzie in Art: Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Ophelia 1851–1852…

Fanny Cornforth

(1835–1909) Fanny Cornforth, born Sarah Cox Photograph by W. & D. Downey, Newcastle, 1863. Fanny Cornforth in 1907. Fanny Cornforth in Art: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Bocca Baciata 1859 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Fair Rosamund…

Jane Morris

(1839–1914) Jane Morris, née Burden Jane Morris in Art: Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi 1861 Tate Britain, London     De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Hourglass 1904–1905 De Morgan Collection     Morris, William (1834-1896) La Belle Iseult…

Il poeta e la sua musa (c.1925)

De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Il poeta e la sua musa (The Poet and His Muse) c.1925 Oil and tempera on canvas, 91.1 x 73.7 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Though many of his paintings predate the start of Surrealism, Giorgio de…

Jeanne Duval

(c.1820-c.1862) Jeanne Duval, Jeanne Prosper or Jeanne Lemer Jeanne Duval by Nadar (c.1860). Jeanne Duval in a portrait by Baudelaire (1869). Jeanne Duval by Baudelaire. Jeanne Duval in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Femme à l’éventail 1862 Museum of Fine…

Dora Maar

(1907–1997) Henriette Theodora Markovitch The artist’s works: Étude de mode 1934–1940 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Garçon avec un chat 1934 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Marionnette accrochée à une palissade c.1934 National Gallery of Art, Washington Jeux interdits 1935 Cleveland Museum…

Gala Dalí

(1894–1982) Елéна Ивáновна Дья́конова Elena Ivánovna Diákonova Marquesa de Dalí de Púbol Gala in Art: Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Gala Éluard 1924 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) La naissance des désirs liquides 1931–1932 Guggenheim Museum, New York  …

Friedericke Maria Beer

(1891–1980) Friederike Maria (Federica) Beer-Monti Friederike Maria Beer-Monti and Gustav Klimt, Summer 1916 in Weißenbach am Attersee. Friedericke Maria Beer in Art: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Portrait of Friedericke Maria Beer 1916 Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv   Born January…

Beatrice Portinari

(c.1266–1290) Beatrice “Bice” di Folco Portinari de’ Bardi Beatrice in Art: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Beata Beatrix c.1864–1870 Tate Britain, London     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Beata Beatrix 1871–1872 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Dantis Amor 1860 Tate…

Tre donne (1909-1910)

Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Tre donne (Three Women) 1909–1910 Oil on canvas, 180 × 132 cm Banca Commerciale Italiana, Milano The artist represents the three ages of women through the figures of her mother Cecilia, her beloved sister Amelia and the model Ines.…