Tag: Painting
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Irving Ramsey Wiles; Ada May Weeks 02 Works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #44
Irving Ramsey Wiles (1861 – 1948) Ada May Weeks Oil on canvas Height of 35-3/8″ with Width of 27-1/2″ Private collection Versatile dancer of the stage and screen, Ada-May (Ada May Weeks) first headlined on Broadway in the 1924 musical “Lollipop.” A native of Long Island, she danced in public at age five, and by high school…
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CIRCLE OF SIR PETER LELY, Portrait of a lady 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #43
CIRCLE OF SIR PETER LELY Portrait of a lady Oil on canvas 60.8 x 49.1 cm.; 24 x 19 3/8 in. Private collection Peter Lely, Dutch, British, English (Born Soest, Westphalia, 14 September 1618; died London, 30 November 1680). Painter of Dutch origin who spent almost all his career in England and was naturalized in…
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Isaac Israels, Carmencita 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #42
Isaac Israels, 1865-1934, DUTCH Carmencita Oil on canvas 91.5 by 72cm., 36 by 28¼in. Private collection Carmen Dauset Moreno, better known simply as Carmencita (1868 – 1910), was a Spanish-style dancer in American pre-vaudeville variety and music hall ballet. Born in Almería, Andalusia, Spain, Carmencita took dancing lessons in Malaga and first danced professionally at Malaga’s…
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Mahmoud Said, MME. BATANOUNI BEY, 03 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #34
Mahmoud Said, 1897-1964, EGYPTIAN PORTRAIT DE MME. BATANOUNI BEY, c. 1923 Oil on canvas 79.5 by 65cm.; 31 1/2 by 25 1/2 in. Private collection Ferdous, Mme Batanouni Bey, whose name means ‘Paradise’ in Arabic, was a lady of prominence in Alexandria, even serving as Queen Farida’s lady in waiting. A philanthropist by nature, she was one…
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Ignacio Zuloaga, MADEMOISELLE SOUTY 02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #33
Ignacio Zuloaga, 1870 – 1945, SPANISH MADEMOISELLE SOUTY, C. 1915 Oil on canvas 190 by 120cm., 74¾ by 47¼in. Private collection Mlle. Souty was half Spanish, half French. Zuloaga was introduced to Marcelle Souty by his friend the painter Jean-Gabriel Domergue, for whom she also modelled. Attracted to her distinctive, sophisticated elegance she became one…
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Martha Walter, Immigration, Ellis Island 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3a
Martha Walter, American, 1875-1976 Immigration, Ellis Island Oil on canvas 36 1/8 x 40 inches Private Collection Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the U.S. as the United States’ busiest immigrant inspection station for over 60 years, from 1892 until 1954. Ellis Island was opened January 1, 1892.…
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Wladislaw Czachorski, THE BOUQUET 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #35
Wladislaw Czachorski, 1850-1911, POLISH THE BOUQUET, c. 1903 Oil on canvas 36.5 by 24cm., 14½ by 9½in. Private collection Władysław Czachórski (22 September 1850 in Lublin – 13 January 1911 in Munich) was a Polish painter in the Academic style. In 1866 Czachorski attended the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He then spent one year…
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Ilir Pojani, After “Portrait of Anne of Austria” by Rubens 02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #32
Ilir Pojani, United States After “Portrait of Anne of Austria” by Rubens (below), c. 2018 Oil on canvas 24 H x 18 W x 0.8 in Private collection Anna of Austria (2 November 1549 – 26 October 1580) was Queen of Spain by marriage to her uncle, King Philip II of Spain. She was the eldest daughter of…
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Oskar Moll, Reader with a red jacket (portrait Ursula Waetzoldt) 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #32
Oskar Moll Reader with a red jacket (portrait Ursula Waetzoldt), 1925 Oil on canvas 100 x 75 cm Private collection This portrait depicts Ursula Waetzoldt (1910-1983), the daughter of the art historian Wilhelm Waetzoldt (1880-1945), who was a friend of the Mollers. Wilhelm Waetzoldt spent his formative years in Berlin, where he worked since 1920 in…
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Wladislaw Czachorski, LADY WITH A FAN 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., Diane de Poitiers, with Footnotes. #41
Wladislaw Czachorski, 1850-1911, POLISH LADY WITH A FAN Oil on panel 39 by 17.5cm., 15½ by 7in. Private collection Władysław Czachórski (22 September 1850 in Lublin – 13 January 1911 in Munich) was a Polish painter in the Academic style. In 1866 Czachorski attended the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw and had Rafał Hadziewicz as a teacher.…
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Tate blockbuster to prove Pierre Bonnard was a great Modern painter | The Art Newspaper
Pierre Bonnard Dining Room in the Country (1913) Minneapolis Institute of Art Tate blockbuster to prove Pierre Bonnard was a great Modern painter | The Art Newspaper: Next January, Tate Modern will hold the first major exhibition of the work of Pierre Bonnard in Britain for 20 years. Pierre Bonnard: The Colour of Memory is…
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Why Art History Is Full of People Taking Baths – Artsy Please click on link for the full post!
Paul Cézanne The Large Bathers, 1900–06 Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Why Art History Is Full of People Taking Baths – Artsy: It’s one of the most common human activities—yet artists from the ancient Greeks to the Surrealists and beyond have been fascinated by bathing. The figure of the bather is one of…
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04 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., Diane de Poitiers, with Footnotes. #40
Salvador Dalí ‘Diane de Poitiers’, 114/250 Hand-colored drypoint etching 40 x 50 cm Private collection Diane de Poitiers (3 September 1499 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and a prominent courtier at the courts of king Francis I and his son, King Henry II of France. She became notorious as King Henry’s chief mistress and in this…
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Cesare Dell’Acqua, AN OTTOMAN BEAUTY 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #39
Cesare Dell’Acqua, 1821-1905, ITALIAN AN OTTOMAN BEAUTY Oil on panel 92.5 by 71cm., 36½ by 28in. Private collector While the sitter’s dress and the gueridon table are quintessentially Turkish, in her left hand she appears to be holding a Jiajing or Wanli wucai decorated jarlet and cover, of the style produced in the sixteenth or…
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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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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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