Category: Portrate of a Lady
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, John Singer Sargent’s Nancy Witcher Langhorne, Viscountess Astor, with Footnotes. #140
Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor, in full Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor of Hever Castle, née Langhorne, (born May 19, 1879, Danville, Virginia, U.S.—died May 2, 1964, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, England), first woman to sit in the British House of Commons, known in public and private life for her great energy and wit.In 1897 she…
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02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Dorothea Tanning’s Birthday, with Footnotes. #139
“I thought you had to go to art school. It would be a kind of initiation like being baptised — in paint. […] What a scam! They would take your money for your ‘tuition’, and then you sat and drew in a stuffy little room. […] I threw down my charcoal and left, and that…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Léon François Comerre’s Egg Seller, with Footnotes. #138
Léon François Comerre (10 October 1850 – 20 February 1916) was a French academic painter, famous for his portraits of beautiful women. Comerre was born in Trélon, in the Département du Nord, the son of a schoolteacher. He moved to Lille with his family in 1853. From an early age he showed an interest in art and…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Carlo Falcini’s Seamstresses, with Footnotes. #137
A woman holding a pair of scissors peering over the shoulder of a person draped in cream and gold fabric while a third figure stands in the back with a surprised expression. More on this work Carlo FALCINI, 1793-1865, was an artist born in XIX, he was active/lived in Italy. Please visit my other blogs: Art Collector, Mythology, Marine Art, Portrait of a…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Francesco Furini’s Artemisia Prepares to Drink the Ashes, with Footnotes. #136
Artemisia II of Caria (died 350 BC) was a naval strategist, commander and the sister (and later spouse) and the successor of Mausolus, ruler of Caria. Mausolus was a satrap of the Achaemenid Empire, yet enjoyed the status of king or dynast of the Hecatomnid dynasty. After the death of her brother/husband, Artemisia reigned for two…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Rafaelle Berchtold’s Charlotte Gainsbourg, with Footnotes. #134
Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (born 21 July 1971) is an English-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song “Lemon Incest” at the age of 12, she released an album with her father at the…
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This Day in History, September 8, Paris was attacked by Joan of Arc. 38 Artists Embedded in her Military Campaign, With Footnotes
Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc) has inspired artistic and cultural works for nearly six centuries. The following works cover various media to include items of historic interest, enduring works of high art, and recent representations in popular culture. They represent portrayals that a reader has a reasonable chance of encountering rather than a complete catalog.…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Christina Robertson’s Princess Zinaida Nikolayevna Yusupova, with Footnotes. #133
Princess Zinaida Nikolayevna Yusupova (2 September 1861 – 24 November 1939) was an Imperial Russian noblewoman, the only heiress of Russia’s largest private fortune of her time. Famed for her beauty and the lavishness of her hospitality, she was a leading figure in pre-Revolutionary Russian society. In 1882, she married Count Felix Felixovich Sumarokov-Elston, who served…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, William Conor’s MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, with Footnotes. #126
William Conor OBE RHA PPRUA ROI (1881–1968) was a Belfast-born artist. Celebrated for his warm and sympathetic portrayals of working-class life in Ulster, William Conor studied at the Government School of Design in Belfast in the 1890s. His artistic talents were recognized at the early age of ten when a teacher of music noticed the merit…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Gabrielle Renard with Footnotes. #132
Between 1907 and 1911, Renoir painted several canvases that depict Gabrielle Renard, the principal model and muse of his late years, loosely clad in a semi-transparent white chemise that falls open to reveal her ample form. In the present canvas, Gabrielle is seated at a small mirrored dressing table, languorously adjusting a scarf in her hair;…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Tamara de Lempicka’s Portrait de Marjorie Ferry, with Footnotes. #143
Portrait de Marjorie Ferry was painted in 1932 in the artist’s studio on rue Méchain in Paris. Marjorie Ferry, a well-known British chanteuse performing in Paris, is the quintessence of Jazz Age glamour, coolly seductive and unmistakably modern. In fact, there is something of the ocean liner about her streamlined, metallic glossiness. Standing by the…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Kees van Dongen’s Femme au turban/ Woman in turban, with Footnotes. #144
Kees van Dongen, (born Jan. 26, 1877, Delfshaven, Neth.—died May 28, 1968, Monte Carlo, Monaco), Dutch-born French painter and printmaker who was one of the leading Fauvists and was particularly renowned for his stylized, sensuously rendered portraits of women. Van Dongen attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam, Neth., and he moved to…
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3 Works, Art and the Egyptian Women – 138-161 AD
The woman’s oval face, large eyes, and slightly open lips give the portrait considerable presence. Venus rings on her neck call attention to her youthful plump beauty. The hairstyle is typical for the period of the Emperor Hadrian, except for the corkscrew locks around the forehead, which may be a regional style. More on this…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Albert Joseph Penot’s Portrait of a young lady, with Footnotes. #131
Albert Joseph Pénot (1862–1930) was a French painter known for female nudes. Today, he is more popularly and specifically recognized for a subset of paintings centering on women of darker, more macabre themes. Pénot was concerned first and foremost with anatomically accurate portrayals of women. Singular female forms were the implicit focus of his work, whereas…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Irvin Rodriguez’s Woman In Black, with Footnotes. #128
Irvin Rodriguez was born in the Bronx, New York in 1988. He graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology with a BFA in Illustration in 2010. He studied drawing at the Grand Central Atelier from 2008-2010 and later, painting and printmaking at the Art Students League of NY from 2013-2016 In 2017, Irvin had his debut…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Cui Xiaodong’s Tea garden in spring, with Footnotes. #125
A Chinese garden employs illusion and discovery to transform available space into a microcosm of the world, not merely as it is but as it should be. More on a Chinese Garden Cui Xiaodong was born in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province though his ancestral home was Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. Cui Xiaodong graduated from the Department of Traditional Chinese Painting,…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Richard Edward Miller’s Lady in Green, with Footnotes. #124
Richard E. Miller (March 22, 1875 – January 23, 1943) was an American Impressionist painter and a member of the Giverny Colony of American impressionists. Miller was primarily a figurative painter, known for his paintings of women posing languidly in interiors or outdoor settings. Miller grew up in St. Louis, studied in Paris, and then settled…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, William Arthur Breakspeare’s Resting, with Footnotes. #123
William Arthur Breakspeare (19 January 1856 – 8 May 1914) was an artist from Birmingham, England, the son of John Breakspeare, a flower painter working in the Birmingham japanning trade. Breakspeare lived in Edgbaston, Birmingham until the age of 22. He was apprenticed to the japanners, Halbeard and Wellings, as a decorator. In 1877, he moved…
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02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Suzanne Fabry’s Autoportraits, with Footnotes. #193
This current work recalls classical depictions of female beauty, whilst also calling them in to question. The slight contortion of Fabry’s limbs suggests a certain artifice to the pose, whilst her direct gaze and the prominent positioning of her brush reinforce a sense of authority that pre-emptively rejects any attempt to perceive the sitter as…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Breakspeare William Arthur’s The Gypsy Girl, with Footnotes. #122
William Arthur Breakspeare (19 January 1856 – 8 May 1914) was an artist from Birmingham, England, the son of John Breakspeare, a flower painter working in the Birmingham japanning trade. Breakspeare lived in Edgbaston, Birmingham until the age of 22. He was apprenticed to the japanners, Halbeard and Wellings, as a decorator. In 1877, he moved…
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