Tag: trunk

Budding Sycamore (1875)

Ruskin, John (1819-1900) Budding Sycamore 1875 Black and gray wash, gouache, and graphite, 34.8 x 44.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This drawing was used as an illustration in John Ruskin‘s manual on drawing, Rudimentary Studies. The most influential art…

Paysage de la Martinique (1887-1888)

Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Paysage de la Martinique (Landscape on Martinique) 1887–1888 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 73.1 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam A woman enters the scene from stage left, as it were. The long, slender trunks of the trees on each…

Le fils prodigue (1879)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue (The Prodigal Son) 1879 Oil on canvas, 59.4 x 71.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue c.1879 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Puvis de Chavannes,…

Dad’s Coming! (1873)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Dad’s Coming! 1873 Oil on wood, 22.9 x 34.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman holding a baby stands near a young boy who perches in the tipped-up end of a rowboat that has been pulled…

Venere adornata dalle Grazie (c.1590-1595)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Venere adornata dalle Grazie (Venus Adorned by the Graces) c.1590–1595 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 133 x 170.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the left half of this horizontal painting, a bare-chested, seated woman, Venus, is…

The Lawrence Tree (1929)

O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) The Lawrence Tree (D.H. Lawrence Pine Tree) 1929 Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 101.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: O’Keeffe found endless beauty and inspiration in nature, from coastlines in the Northeast to the desert in the Southwest.…