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Ona Munson

(1903–1955) Owena Elizabeth Wolcott Filmography as Actress: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh   Born June 16 1903 Portland, OR (USA) Died February 11 1955 New York, NY (USA) Cause of death Suicide (barbiturate overdose)…

Majas al balcón (c.1800-1810)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Majas al balcón (Majas on a Balcony) c.1800–1810 Oil on canvas, 194.9 x 125.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Attributed to Goya. The women known as majas visually distinguished themselves through opulent, exaggerated traditional dress that…

La Duquesa de Alba (1797)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La Duquesa de Alba (The Duchess of Alba) 1797 Oil on canvas, 210.3 x 149.3 cm Hispanic Society of America, New York   Inscribed bottom center and left (in the soil): “Solo Goya / 1797” Francisco de Goya…

Hispanic Society of America (New York)

Founded: 1904 Address: 613 W 155th St, New York, NY 10032, United States Website: https://hispanicsociety.org/ Collection: • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): La Duquesa de Alba (1797) See also: • Museums | New York, NY (USA)

Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga (1787-1788)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga 1787–1788 Oil on canvas, 127 x 101.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Outfitted in a splendid red costume, the son of the count and countess of Altamira is shown between…

Les côteaux de l’Hermitage, Pontoise (c.1867)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Les côteaux de l’Hermitage, Pontoise (The Hermitage at Pontoise) c.1867 Oil on canvas, 150.3 x 200 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York The view represented here is a winding village path at the base of a cluster of houses…

Le Boulevard Montmartre, matin d’hiver (1897)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Boulevard Montmartre, matin d’hiver (The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning) 1897 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York After spending six years in rural Eragny, Pissarro returned to Paris, where he…

La Femme au perroquet (1866)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Femme au perroquet (Woman with a Parrot, Young Lady in 1866) 1866 Oil on canvas, 185.1 x 128.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet’s model, Victorine Meurent, had recently posed as the brazen nudes in…

Corpus Hypercubus (1954)

Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Corpus Hypercubus (Crucifixion) 1954 Oil on canvas, 194.3 x 123.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dalí utilized his theory of “nuclear mysticism,” a fusion of Catholicism, mathematics, and science, to create this unusual interpretation of Christ’s…

Crucifixion and Last Judgement Diptych (c.1440-1441)

Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) & Workshop Crucifixion and Last Judgement Diptych c.1440–1441 Oil on canvas, transferred from wood, 56.5 x 19.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Crucifixion. The Last Judgement. Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, considered Van…