Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Lions dans un paysage montagneux (Lions in a Mountainous Landscape) c.1818–1820 Oil on wood, 48.3 x 59.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This vigorous painting of six lions in a remote, spectrally illuminated lair—possibly intended to…
(1881–1945) Béla Viktor János Bartók Works: • Blubeard’s Castle (1918) • Concerto for orchestra (1943) • Dance suite (1923) • Music for strings, percussion and celesta (1937) • Piano Concerto No. 3 (1946) • String Quartet No.6 (1941) • Violin…
Nadar (1820-1910) Jean-François Millet 1856–1858 Salted paper print from paper negative, 26.8 × 21.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York See also: • Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875)
Nadar (1820-1910) Femme nue debout (Standing Female Nude) 1860–1861 Salted paper print from glass negative, 20.2 x 13.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Famed for his portraits of writers, artists, and left-wing politicians, Nadar is known to have photographed only…
Nadar (1820-1910) Autoportrait en costume (Self-Portrait in Costume) 1862–1864 Salted paper print from glass negative, 22.1 x 13.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In the early 1860s, the famous portrait photographer Nadar was spotted at Parisian soirées decked out in…
Nadar (1820-1910) Pierrot riant (Pierrot Laughing) 1855 Gelatin-coated salted paper print, 27.3 x 19.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York We owe the contemporary image of Pierrot to the famous mime Jean-Gaspard Baptiste Duburau, who replaced the ruff and wide white…
Nadar (1820-1910) Théophile Gautier c.1856 Salted paper print from glass negative, 24.8 x 19.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Ringmaster, publicist, and performer in a highly theatrical life, the legendary Nadar wore many hats–those of journalist, bohemian, left-wing agitator,…
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Nadar élevant la Photographie à la hauteur de l’Art (Nadar elevating Photography to the height of Art) 1862 Lithograph on newsprint, 33.7 x 24.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York See also: • Nadar (1820-1910)
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Tigresse et ses petits (Tiger and Cubs) c.1884 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 91.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gérôme attributed the success of his animal paintings to his early studies at the menagerie of the…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Femme au balcon (Woman at a Balcony) 1887–1888 Oil on canvas, 50.2 × 41.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Seen from below as if from street level and posed seductively in a revealing costume, this woman is…