(1872–1944) Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan The artist’s works: Young Tree Grove Amidst Water Reflections 1902–1905 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Willow Grove: Impression of Light and Shadow c.1905 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Apple Tree, Pointillist Version 1908–1909 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas The…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Vignobles à Auvers (Vineyards at Auvers) 1890 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 80.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis This canvas focuses on the twisted forms of grapevines depicted with Vincent van Gogh’s characteristic, heavily loaded brushstroke.…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Louvre, matin, soleil (The Louvre, Morning, Sunlight) 1901 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis As a young man, Camille Pissarro advised that the best way to advance French art would…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Street of the Great Captain, Córdoba 1910 Oil on board, 64.8 x 52.4 x 1 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Brushstrokes of intense greens, blues, and whites create rhythmic patterns across this canvas. Childe Hassam was…
(1862–1946) née Kathleen Maude Doane Maude in Art: Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The French Breakfast 1910 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The Mantle Piece 1912 Bush-Holley House, Cos Cob Born June 26 1862 Montréal (Canada) Died October 13 1946 Manhattan,…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Le Colin-Maillard (Blind Man’s Buff) c.1750–1752 Oil on canvas, 116.8 x 91.4 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo In the 18th century the game of blind man’s buff (or bluff) became the symbolic arena for courtship, chance, and the…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) La crocifissione (The Crucifixion) 1745–1750 Oil on canvas, 79.4 x 88.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Giambattista Tiepolo’s painting of the crucifixion and death of Christ is infused with fresh energy. Before Tiepolo, most artists arranged…
(1911–1983) Thomas Lanier Williams III Filmography as Writer: A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 Director: Elia Kazan Starring: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone 1961 Director: José Quintero Starring: Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone…
(1944–2022) Filmography as Director: The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone 2003 Director: Robert Allan Ackerman Starring: Helen Mirren, Olivier Martinez Born June 30 1944 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died January 10 2022 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Kidney failure…
