Tag: painter

John Constable

(1776–1837) The artist’s works: Houses on a Riverbank c.1794 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Study of a Female Nude 1811 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford The Cornfield c.1816 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Wivenhoe Park, Essex 1816 National Gallery of Art, Washington A cottage in a…

Marthe Bonnard

(1869–1942) née Maria Boursin pseudonyms Marthe Solange, Marthe de Méligny Marthe in Art: Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Le Café 1915 Tate Britain, London     Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Baigneuse, de dos c.1919 Tate Britain, London     Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Le bol de…

François Boucher

(1703–1770) The artist’s works: La Toilette de Vénus 1738 Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris Le Sommeil de Vénus 1738 Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris Diane sortant du bain 1742 Musée du Louvre, Paris Pompadour à sa toilette 1750 Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA La Toilette de Vénus 1751 Metropolitan…

Frans Post (c.1655)

Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Frans Post c.1655 Oil on panel, 27.5 x 23 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Hals is best known for the life-like quality he gave to his subjects through innovative composition and spirited brushwork. The subject of this portrait is…

Frans Post

(1612–1680) Frans Janszoon Post The artist’s works: The Old Portuguese Fort of the Three Kings 1638 Musée du Louvre, Paris A Brazilian Landscape 1650 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Brazilian Landscape 1650s Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Landscape in Dutch Brazil 1652 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam…

Antoine Watteau

(1684–1721) Jean-Antoine Watteau The artist’s works: La danse champêtre c.1706–1710 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Le voleur du nid de moineaux c.1710 Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Acteurs de la Comedie-Francaise 1711–1712 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Signature du contrat de mariage et danse à…

Jacob Jordaens

(1593–1678) The artist’s works: Head of Girl c.1615–1620 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester The Holy Family with Shepherds 1616 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Temptation of the Magdalene c.1616 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist…

Frans Hals

(c.1582–1666) Frans Hals the Elder The artist’s works: Merrymakers at Shrovetide c.1616–1617 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Portrait of a Couple c.1622 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Jester with a Lute c.1623–1624 Musée du Louvre, Paris Young Man and Woman in an Inn 1623 Metropolitan…

Jan van der Heyden

(1637–1712) The artist’s works: Street in Cologne first half of the 1600s Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg A View in Cologne c.1660–1665 National Gallery, London The Stone Bridge c.1660–1672 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam View of the Oude Delft Canal c.1660 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit View of the…