Tag: Realism

Piscine dans un harem (c.1876)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Piscine dans un harem (Pool in a Harem) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 62 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Throughout his artistic career Gérome made numerous visits to the Orient -to Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Palestine and Sinai.…

Winslow Homer

(1836–1910)   The artist’s works: Home, Sweet Home c.1863 National Gallery of Art, Washington Croquet Scene 1866 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Artists Sketching in the White Mountains 1868 Portland Museum of Art, Portland Blowing the Horn at Seaside 1870 National Gallery of…

Rosa Bonheur

(1822–1899) Marie-Rosalie Bonheur The artist’s works: Brebis tondue modeled c.1842, cast probably before 1891 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Bélier c.1845–1850 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Boeuf couché modeled 1846 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Taureau qui marche modeled 1846 Metropolitan Museum…

Théodore Géricault

(1791–1824) Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault The artist’s works: Diane Early 19th century Museo del Prado, Madrid Le Sommeil des Paysans c.1808–1812 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Cheval effrayé par la foudre c.1813–1814 National Gallery, London Trompette à cheval de la Garde impériale de…

Jean-François Millet

(1814–1875) The artist’s works: La bergère assise 1840–1850 National Museum Wales, Cardiff Leconte de Lisle c.1840–1841 National Gallery of Art, Washington Femme nue couchée 1844–1845 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Le Repos de Diane c.1845 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles Portrait d’homme c.1845…

Sir John Everett Millais

(1829–1896) Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, RA The artist’s works: Aeneas Shown the Body of Pallas 1843 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Sketch for The Woodman’s Daughter 1850 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Mariana 1851 Tate Britain, London Ophelia 1851–1852 Tate Britain, London…

Henrik Ibsen

(1828–1906) Henrik Johan Ibsen Works: • A Doll’s House (English) • An Enemy of the People (English) • Baumeister Solneß (German) • Brand Runo 5:ssä näytöksessä (Finnish) • Catilina (Norwegian) • De comedie der liefde; Brand; Peer Gynt (Dutch) •…

Alexander Pushkin

(1799–1837) Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin Александр Сергеевич Пушкин Works: • Aatelisrosvo Dubrovskij (Finnish) • Boris Godunov (English) • Eugene Oneguine (English) • Kapteenin tytär (Finnish) • Красавице, которая нюхала табак (Russian) • La fille du capitaine (French) • Laukaus y.m. kertomuksia…

Ivan Turgenev

(1818–1883) Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev Иван Сергеевич Тургенев Works: • A Desperate Character and Other Stories (English) • A House of Gentlefolk (English) • A Lear of the Steppes (English) • A Nobleman’s Nest (English) • A Reckless Character and Other…

Le Rocher isolé (c.1862)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le Rocher isolé (The Isolated Rock) c.1862 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 81.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Gustave Courbet’s paintings of the shorelines in Normandy portray the land as subject to continuous, if gradual, change. Here, he…