Category: Portrate of a Lady
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Valentin Alexandrovich Serov, Portrait of Maria F. Jakuntjikova 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #38
Valentin Alexandrovich Serov (1865 – 1911) Portrait of Maria F. Jakuntjikova, c. (1885 – 1888) Oil on canvas Height: 136 mm (5.35 in); Width: 100 mm (3.93 in) Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Scania, in southern Sweden Maria Fyodorovna Andreyeva was the stage name of Maria Fyodorovna Yurkovskaya (July 4, 1868 – December 8, 1953), a Russian/Soviet actress and…
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Tintoretto, Tarquin and Lucretia, c. 1578/80, 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Lucretia, with Footnotes. # 20
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), Italian, 1518-1594 Tarquin and Lucretia, c. 1578/80 Oil on canvas 68 7/8 x 59 5/8 in. (175 x 151.5 cm) The Art Institute of Chicago Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, last king of Rome, being engaged in the siege of Ardea, sent his son, Sextus Tarquinius, on a military errand to Collatia. Sextus was…
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Romy Campe, Germany 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #37
Romy Campe, Germany JAPANESE, from the series “Humans” Oil and Charcoal on Canvas 51.2 H x 39.4 W x 1.2 in Private collection The series Humans refers to the subject of refugees. It shows that we are all human beings. No matter what nationality we have. Romy Campe: The Berlin-based artist Romy Campe studied painting and…
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Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger, Aristocratic ladies promenading at the city walls, 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #36
Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger, (FRENCH 1824 – 1888) Aristocratic ladies promenading at the city walls, c. 1869 Oil on canvas 73 x 50cm Private collection Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger (25 April 1824 – October 1888) was a French figure painter known for his classical and Orientalist subjects. He was born at Paris in 1824, and orphaned at age…
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FAITH RINGGOLD, Somebody Stole My Broken Heart 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #35
FAITH RINGGOLD, (1930 – ) Somebody Stole My Broken Heart, c. 2004 Acrylic and pen and ink on wove paper 610×457 mm; 24×18 inches Private collection With this work on paper, Faith Ringgold depicts the first panel of her 2004 Jazz Stories: Mama can Sing, Papa can Blow series of story quilts. The quilt series…
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Vladimir Borovikovsky, Portrait of Maria Lopukhina 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #34
Vladimir Borovikovsky, (1757–1825) Portrait of Maria Lopukhina, (1777-1805), c. 1797 Oil on canvas 72 × 53.5 cm (28.3 × 21 in) Tretyakov Gallery Princess Anna Petrovna Lopukhina (Russian: 8 November 1777 – 25 April 1805) was a royal mistress to Emperor Paul of Russia. In 1798, She replaced Catherine Nelidova as the chief mistress. She was the…
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Vladimir Borovikovsky, (1757–1825), Portrait of Elena Aleksandrovna Naryshkina (1785-1855), c. 1799 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #33
Vladimir Borovikovsky, (1757–1825) Portrait of Elena Aleksandrovna Naryshkina (1785-1855), c. 1799 Oil on canvas 72.8 × 59.6 cm (28.6 × 23.4 in) Tretyakov Gallery Elena Aleksandrovna Naryshkina, Serene Princess of Italy, Countess Suvorov-Rymniksky (1785 -1855 ) was a Russian noblewoman and maid of honour. Her portrait is one of the best female portraits painted by Borovikovsky at…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3a
Gustav Klimt Dame mit Muff (Lady with a Muff), c. 1916 Oil on canvas Private Collection Dame mit Muff. Belonging to the group of late portraits Klimt shows a lady cuddled in her muff- a sophisticated fashion accessory. The background is covered with Asiatic motifs as in most of his lady portraits of 1916. More Klimt painted portraits…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3d
Gustav Klimt Portrait Of A Lady In White (Unfinished), c. 1917-1918 Oil on canvas 70 x 70 cm The Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings,…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3c
William Chadwick, American, 1879-1962 Seated Woman in a Kimono Oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches Private Collection The passion for Japanisme that swept through American art in the 1890s is exemplified in Seated Woman in Kimono. Taking an approach inspired by Whistlerian aestheticism, Chadwick offset the broad sweep of his subject’s flowered garment against the compact…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3b
Reginald Marsh, 1898 – 1954 WALKING WOMAN, 1953 Oil on canvasboard 17 3/4 by 13 5/8 inches, (45.1 by 35.6 cm) Private Collection Reginald Marsh (March 14, 1898 – July 3, 1954) was an American painter, born in Paris, most notable for his depictions of life in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. Crowded Coney Island…
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09 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3a
Master John (floruit 1544-1545) Portrait of Queen Mary I (1516-1558) “Bloody Mary” Oil on panel 711 × 508 cm (279.9 × 200 in) National Portrait Gallery, London, UK Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558) was the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. Her executions of Protestants led to the…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, 20th C., with Footnotes. #32
Harry A Davis (IN, 1914-2006) The Refugeesas, c. 1957 Pastel 18×24 Private collection Hungarian Refugees 1956. The largest wave of refugees in Europe’s post-WWII history were the Hungarians fleeing the country after the crushing of the revolution and freedom fight in 1956. In the weeks after the second, overwhelming, Soviet military intervention on November 4,1956, 200,000…
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Thursday, April 19, 2018 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #31
Charles Haigh-Wood, (British, 1856-1927) Portrait of Mrs. Charles Haigh-Wood Oil on canvas 77.5 x 52.1cm (30 1/2 x 20 1/2in) Private collection Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot (28 May 1888 – 22 January 1947) was an English governess and writer, who became known for her marriage in 1915 to the American poet T. S. Eliot. Her legacy, and…
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02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3 C
Circle of Sir John Hoppner, (British, 1758–1810) Portrait of Lady Mackintosh Oil on canvas 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) Private collection Lady Anne Farquharson-Mackintosh (1723–1784) was a Jacobite of the Clan Farquharson and the wife of Angus, Chief of the Clan MacKintosh. The Jacobite were a political movement in Great Britain and Ireland that aimed…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3 B
Charles Sprague Pearce, 1851 – 1914 BEATRIX Oil on canvas 21 7/8 by 18 inches, (55.6 by 45.7 cm) Private Collection Charles Sprague Pearce (October 13, 1851 – May 18, 1914) was an American artist. Pearce was born at Boston, Massachusetts. In 1873 he became a pupil of Léon Bonnat in Paris, and after 1885 he lived…
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01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3 A
John Hoppner R.A., 1758-1810 PORTRAIT OF A LADY AS EVELINA Oil on canvas 68.5 by 53.5 cm., 27 by 21 in Private Collection The traditional title for the portrait is ‘Portrait of a Lady as Evelina’. Evelina or A Young Lady’s Entrance into the World was a novel by Fanny Burney published in 1778. It…