Tag: Paris

Samuel-Jean Pozzi

(1846–1918) Pozzi in Art: Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Dr. Pozzi at Home 1881 Hammer Museum, Los Angeles   Born October 3 1846 Bergerac (France) Died June 13 1918 Paris (France) Cause of death Murdered Lover Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) Occupation Art collector Physician Title…

Benvenuto Cellini

(1500–1571) The artist’s works: Saliera 1540–1543 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna La nymphe de Fontainebleau 1542–1543 Musée du Louvre, Paris Perseo con la testa di Medusa 1545–1554 Piazza della Signoria, Firenze Bindo Altoviti 1549 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Works: • Autobiography (English) • The treatises…

Delphine Ramel, Madame Ingres

(1808–1887)   Born December 26 1808 Paris (France) Died May 11 1887 Paris (France) Buried Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris) Husband (m.1852) Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867)

Bella au col blanc (1917)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Bella au col blanc (Bella with White Collar) 1917 Oil on linen, 149 x 72 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris The writer Bella Rosenfeld, represented here as a giantess, would be Chagall‘s muse throughout her life. Taking up…

Bella Rosenfeld

(1889–1944) Bella Rosenfeld Chagall Бэлла Розенфельд-Шагал Marc, Bella and their daughter Ida, Paris 1924. Bella in Art: Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Bella au col blanc 1917 Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris   Born December 14 1889 Vitebsk (Belarus) Died September 2 1944 Tupper Lake,…

Lydia Cassatt

(1837–1882) Lydia Simpson Cassatt Lydia in Art: Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Woman in a Loge 1879 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia     Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Le thé c.1880 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston     Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Cup of Tea c.1880–1881…

Grand Nu (1907-1908)

Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Grand Nu (Large Nude) 1907–1908 Oil on canvas, 140 × 100 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris [Winter 1907 – June 1908] By virtue of its subject, its dimensions and its audacity, this work constitutes an essential milestone in…

L’été (1873)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) L’été (Summer) 1873 Oil on canvas, 350 × 507 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Study: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) L’été before 1873 National Gallery, London     Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) L’été 1891 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland    

Place de la Concorde (1938-1943)

Mondrian, Piet (1872-1944) Place de la Concorde 1938–1943 Oil on canvas, 94.62 x 94.62 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas The horizontal and vertical black stripes and blocks of yellow, blue, and red against a white background create an active pattern of…

Georges Braque

(1882-1963) The artist’s works: Le Port d’Anvers 1905 Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel Le Port d’Anvers 1906 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Le port de l’Estaque 1906 Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Le Port de La Ciotat 1907 National Gallery of Art, Washington Le Viaduc de…