Tag: John Singer Sargent
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1 Painting, The art of War, John Singer Sargent’s Gassed, with footnotes
A side on view of a line of soldiers being led along a duckboard by a medical orderly. Their eyes are bandaged as a result of exposure to gas and each man holds on to the shoulder of the man in front. One of the line has his leg raised in an exaggerated posture as…
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30 works – Art and the Egyptian Woman over the decades
In the winter of 1869–1870, Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann traveled to Constantinople, Athens, Smyrna, Alexandria and Cairo. It was on this trip that she, as one of the first painters ever, got access to a harem in Constantinople. Anna Maria Elisabeth Lisinska Jerichau-Baumann (21 November 1819–11 July 1881) was a Polish-Danish painter. She was married to…
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09 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by Amédée Rosier, Francesco Guardi, John Singer Sargent, Konstantin Ivanovich, Martín Rico y Ortega, OLIVER DENNETT GROVER, THOMAS MORAN, with foot notes. #7
Thomas Moran (February 12, 1837 – August 25, 1926) from Bolton, England was an American painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School in New York whose work often featured the Rocky Mountains. Moran and his family, wife Mary Nimmo Moran and daughter Ruth, took residence in New York where he obtained work as an artist.…
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12 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Zinaida Evgenievna Serebriakova, VIVIEN LEIGH, Empress Maria-Theresa, Rosina Ferrara, and Catherine de Médicis, Gabrielle d’Estrées, with Footnotes. #11
Zinaida Evgenievna Serebriakova, (1884–1967), was a Modernist Russian painter, and was one of the best known and most highly regarded of her time. She was the daughter of the sculptor Evgenii Lanceray and was said to have been raised in an environment that helped to foster a love of the arts. The Lanceray family was…
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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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13 Classic Works, Art and the Egyptian Woman, with Footnotes
Wilhelm Kotarbiński (born 30 November 1848, Nieborów; died 4 September 1921, Kiev) was a Polish Symbolist painter of historical and fantastical subjects who spent most of his working life in Ukraine. He began his studies at the Warsaw School of Art from 1867 to 1871. Afterward, he enrolled at the University of Warsaw, urged on…
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29 Portraits – Art and the Egyptian Woman over the decades
It is said that Scota was in fact Meritaten, the eldest daughter of Pharoah Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti… Please follow link for full post
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13 Classic Works of Art, Egyptian Women. With Footnotes
Wilhelm Kotarbiński, (1848–1921) Cleopatra Oil on canvas 135 × 246 cm (53.1 × 96.9 in) Wilhelm Kotarbiński (born 30 November 1848, Nieborów; died 4 September 1921, Kiev) was a Polish Symbolist painter of historical and fantastical subjects who spent most of his working life in Ukraine. He began his studies at the Warsaw School of Art…
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05 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #13
David Roberts, R.A., EDINBURGH 1796 – 1864 LONDON VENICE, APPROACH TO THE GRAND CANAL, c. 1855 Oil on canvas 25 1/2 by 45 1/2 in.; 64.8 by 115.6 cm. Private Collection David Roberts RA (b Stockbridge [now a district of Edinburgh], 24 Oct. 1796; d London, 25 Nov. 1864). Scottish painter. He was apprenticed to a…
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05 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #24
Franz Xaver Winterhalter, (1805-1873), German Elisabeth Kaiserin von Österreich, c. 1865 Oil painting on canvas 117 × 158 cm (46.1 × 62.2 in) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria Elisabeth of Bavaria (24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898) was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, and many others (see Grand title of the Empress of Austria) by…
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02 Painting, Streets of Paris, by John Singer Sargent, Part 14 – With Footnotes
John Singer Sargent, (1856–1925) A Parisian Beggar Girl, circa 1880 Oil on canvas 64.5 × 43.7 cm (25.4 × 17.2 in) Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL By ‘79 Sargent begins his major portraits and he never particularly showed any desire to paint scenes of Parisian life, opting for more exotic locals for his…
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07 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #20
John Singer Sargent, 1856 – 1925 A Fellah Woman Oil on canvas 22 x 18 in Private collection Fellah is a farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa. The word derives from the Arabic word for “ploughman” or “tiller”. Due to a continuity in beliefs and lifestyle, the fellahin of Egypt have…
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06 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #18
JOHN SINGER SARGENT (FLORENCE, 1856 – 1925, LONDON) MADAME GAUTREAU DRINKING A TOAST, c. 1882-1883 Oil on panel 32 x 41 cm (12 5/8 x 16 1/8 in.) Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Madame Pierre Gautreau, born Virginie Avegno (1859–1915), was Madame X, the statuesque sitter in Sargent’s most notorious portrait (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New…
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07 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #15
Ismail Gulgee, 1926 – 2007, PAKISTANI UNTITLED (DANCING WOMAN), c. 1967 Oil on canvas 120 by 90 cm.; 47 1/4 by 35 3/8 in. Private collection This large-scale work of a dancing woman is an excellent example of Ismail Gulgee’s early painterly style, highlighting the artist’s sensitive treatment of colour. The rendition of the jewellery…
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12 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #11
Zinaida Evgenievna Serebriakova, (1884-1967), Self portrait, c. 1921 Private collection Zinaida Evgenievna Serebriakova, (1884-1967), was a Modernist Russian painter, and was one of the best known and most highly regarded of her time. She was the daughter of the sculptor Evgenii Lanceray and was said to have been raised in an environment that helped to foster a…
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12 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. # 24
Pedro Sáenz y Sáenz Chrysanthemums/ Madame Butterfly, ca. 1900 Oil on canvas 81 x 55 cm Propiedad de la Excma. Diputación Provincial de Málaga Madame Butterfly: In 1904, a U.S. naval officer named Pinkerton rents a house on a hill in Nagasaki, Japan, for himself and his soon-to-be wife, “Butterfly”. Her real name is Ciocio-san. She is…
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