Tag: UK

Charles Dickens

(1812–1870) Charles John Huffam Dickens Works: • A Child’s Dream of a Star (1850) • A Child’s History of England (1853) • A Christmas Carol (1843) • A Christmas Carol. The original manuscript (English) ◊ Cantique de Noël (French) • A…

T. S. Eliot

(1888–1965) Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM Works: • Eeldrop and Appleplex (1934) • Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry (1917) • Pascal’s Pensées (1958) • Poems (1920) • Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) • The Waste Land (1922) Quotes: • T.…

Alfred Sisley

(1839–1899) The artist’s works: Rue de village à Marlotte 1866 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Allée de châtaigniers à La Celle-Saint-Cloud 1867 Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton Le héron aux ailes déployées 1867 Musée Fabre, Montpellier Boulevard Héloïse, Argenteuil 1872 National Gallery of…

Henry Moore

(1898–1986) Henry Spencer Moore The artist’s works: Girl 1931 Tate Britain, London Reclining Figure 1935–1936 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Morning after the Blitz 1940 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Three Seated Figures 1941 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Two Mothers Holding Children 1941 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Three Seated…

Joshua Reynolds

(1723–1792) Sir Joshua Reynolds, RA, FRS, FRSA The artist’s works: A Caricature Group c.1751 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Self-Portrait when Young 1753–1758 Tate Britain, London Frances, Countess of Dartmouth 1756 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Portrait of a Clergyman 1756–1760 Museo del Prado, Madrid David…

Thomas Gainsborough

(1727–1788) The artist’s works: Conversation in a Park c.1746–1748 Musée du Louvre, Paris Landscape in Suffolk c.1748 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Portrait of the Artist with his Wife and Daughter c.1748 National Gallery, London View in Suffolk c.1755 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis A…

Canaletto

(1697–1768) Giovanni Antonio Canal The artist’s works: Piazza San Marco late 1720s Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Paesaggio con rovine c.1721–1722 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Canal Grande da San Vio, Venezia 1723–1724 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid La Dogana a Venezia c.1724–1730 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna…

Waterloo Bridge (London)

Waterloo Bridge in Art: Derain, André (1880-1954) Le Pont de Waterloo 1906 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid     Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Pont de Waterloo, effet de brouillard 1903 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg     Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Waterloo Bridge 1903 Worcester Art…