Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of a Man (Léal Souvenir) 1432 Oil on oak, 33.3 x 18.9 cm National Gallery, London This small portrait is puzzling in many ways. We don‘t know who this man was or why he is holding…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?) 1433 Oil on oak, 26 x 19 cm National Gallery, London This man, his face impassive and his gaze intense, is almost certainly Jan van Eyck himself. No other portraits of…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Giovanni (?) Arnolfini and his Wife 1434 Oil on oak, 82.2 x 60 cm National Gallery, London This must be one of the most famous paintings in the world, and one of the most intriguing.…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) La fille du guerrier (The Warrior’s Daughter) c.1878 Oil on panel, 21.8 x 36.2 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Modern life was the central theme of Tissot‘s art, with a focus on bourgeois social behaviour. His genre pieces…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Hush! 1875 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 112.2 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Modern life was the central theme of Tissot‘s art, with a focus on bourgeois social behaviour. His genre pieces typically dwelt on social nicety, flattering…
Opened: 1824 Location: Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3JL Website: https://manchesterartgallery.org/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also: •…
Museums: • Manchester Art Gallery: Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3JL Births: • Burgess, Anthony (1917-1933) • Chadwick, Justin (1968) • Greene, David (1921-2003) • Hill, Bernard (1944-2024) • Roache, Linus (1964) • Warner, David (1941-2022) See also: • Cities | England | UK
Museums: • Dulwich Picture Gallery: College Rd, Greater London SE21 7AD Roads: • Lordship Lane Dulwich in Art: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La Gare de Lordship Lane, Dulwich 1871 Courtauld Institute, London Births: • Hawkins, Sally (1976) • Roth, Tim (1961) See also:…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Summer (‘Portrait’) 1876 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 50.8 cm Tate Britain, London James Tissot is deliberately ambiguous here, inviting us to interpret it. His model, Miss Lloyd, stands at the entrance of a billiards’ room, a space…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le pont du HMS Calcutta, Portsmouth (Gallery of HMS Calcutta) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 91.8 cm Tate Britain, London Tissot often painted a man with two women in order to explore the subtle nuances of flirtation…