Tag: wife

The Artist’s Wife on the Ottoman (1873)

Scholderer, Otto (1834-1902) The Artist’s Wife on the Ottoman (Luise Scholderer auf der Ottomane) 1873 Oil on canvas, 69 × 82 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt The artist’s wife is facing sideways towards the viewer and is looking at him in half-profile. Scholderer…

La Table (1925)

Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) La Table (The Table) 1925 Oil on canvas, 102.9 × 74.3 cm Tate Britain, London This painting was bought as a result of the Courtauld Fund. In January 1924 the wealthy textile manufacturer Samuel Courtauld gave the large sum…

Baigneuse, de dos (c.1919)

Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Baigneuse, de dos (Bathing Woman, Seen from the Back) c.1919 Oil on canvas, 44.1 × 34.6 cm Tate Britain, London The bather was almost certainly Bonnard‘s companion and wife-to-be Marthe, who was the artist’s constant and favourite model. Like…

Le Café (1915)

Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Le Café (Coffee) 1915 Oil on canvas, 73 × 106.4 cm Tate Britain, London The dining table was one of Bonnard’s favourite subjects. Its associations with domestic routine and conviviality were in tune with his intimate vision of art.…

Le Bain (1925)

Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Le Bain (The Bath) 1925 Oil on canvas, 86 × 120.6 cm Tate Britain, London This is one of a series of paintings that Bonnard made of his wife Marthe in the bath. Though she was in her mid-fifties,…

La Fenêtre (1925)

Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) La Fenêtre (The Window) 1925 Oil on canvas, 108.6 × 88.6 cm Tate Britain, London In this work, Bonnard unites interior and exterior in the strong sunlight of the South of France. It was made in a rented apartment…

Maude Hassam

(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,…

En promenade près d’Argenteuil (1875)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) En promenade près d’Argenteuil (Out for a Walk near Argenteuil) 1875 Oil on canvas, 61 x 81.4 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris See also: • Argenteuil (France) | Doncieux, Camille (1847-1879) | Monet, Jean (1867-1914)

Portrait of Mrs Edith Holman Hunt (1880)

Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Portrait of Mrs Edith Holman Hunt 1880 Chalk and pastel on paper, 42.8 x 33.8 cm Tate Britain, London Edith Holman Hunt was the artist’s second wife, the sister of his first wife Fanny. It was a…

The Father’s Leave-taking (1879)

Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Father’s Leave-taking 1879 Etching, 18.9 x 25.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Of the three founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (Rossetti, Hunt, and Millais), William Holman Hunt was the most dedicated to working directly…