Tag: UK

Il Sogno (c.1533)

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Il Sogno (The Dream) c.1533 Black chalk on laid paper, 27.8 x 39.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London

Marie Vorobieff

(1892–1984) Мария Брониславовна Воробьёва-Стебельская Maria Bronislavovna Vorobyova-Stebelskaya Marevna Vorobev-Stebelska The artist’s works: Self Portrait 1931 Private collection Marie Vorobieff in Art: Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Retrato de Marevna c.1915 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago   Born February 26 1892 Cheboksary (Russia) Died…

Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water (1872)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water 1872 Oil on canvas, 51 × 76.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In the early 1870s James McNeill Whistler took a radical step toward abstraction with his Nocturnes series. In…

Frances, Countess of Dartmouth (1756)

Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Frances, Countess of Dartmouth 1756 Oil on canvas, 127 x 102 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The present portrait of Frances, Countess of Dartmouth was acquired for the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in 1977 from the UK art market. As with…

Portrait of Sarah Buxton (c.1776-1777)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of Sarah Buxton c.1776–1777 Oil on canvas, 110 x 87 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Joshua Reynolds Thomas Gainsborough was one of the great 18th-century British portraitists. A certain rivalry existed between the two painters, which…

Le Pont de Waterloo (1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Le Pont de Waterloo (Waterloo Bridge) 1906 Oil on canvas, 80.5 x 101 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©André Derain, VEGAP, Madrid Waterloo Bridge is one of the series of canvases Derain painted in London for the art dealer…

Le Parlement de Londres (1903)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Parlement de Londres (London Parliament) 1903 Oil on canvas, 81 x 92 cm Musée d’art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre See also: • Palace of Westminster (London)