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Monday, January 20, 2014

Children by French artist Pierre Auguste Renoir 1841-1919

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French artist, 1841-1919) Aline Nunes with Parasol

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French artist, 1841-1919) Claude Renoir

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French artist, 1841-1919) Romaine Lascaux

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French artist, 1841-1919) Coco with an Orange

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French artist, 1841-1919) Detail Mussel Fishers at Berneval

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French artist, 1841-1919) Margot Berard

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French artist, 1841-1919) Edmond Renoir

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French artist, 1841-1919) Girl with Watering Can

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French artist, 1841-1919) Girl with Flowers

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French artist, 1841-1919) Jean Renoir with Hoop

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French artist, 1841-1919) Marie Goujon with Hoop

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French artist, 1841-1919) Jean Renoir Writing

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French artist, 1841-1919) Paul Haviland

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French artist, 1841-1919) Marie Louise Durand Ruel

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French artist, 1841-1919) Portrait of a Child

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French artist, 1841-1919) Portrait of a Young Girl

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French artist, 1841-1919) Portrait of Pierre

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Women in Veils

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek artist, 1541-1614) Holy Family (detail) 1595

Friedrich von Amerling (Austrian Academic Painter, 1803-1887) Reading Girl 1834

Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi (Russian artist, 1837-1887) Portrait S.I. Kramskoy, 1880

Carlos Sáenz de Tejada (Spanish painter, 1897-1958) Benvenuti Gonzalez del Campillo, 1920

George Wesley Bellows (American painter, 1882–1925) Portrait of Elizabeth Alexander Detail

Maurice Quentin de La Tour (French artist, 1704-1788) Madame Restout 1738

Mary Cassatt (American painter, 1844-1926) Spanish Dancer

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velazquez (Spanish painter, 1599–1660) Young Lady, 1635

Maurice Quentin de La Tour (French artist, 1704-1788) Marie Leszczyńska, Queen of France, 1748

William Etty (British artist, 1787-1849) Woman with a Head Veil c 1830-40 Detail

Norman Prescott-Davies (English artist, 1862-1915) - As time goes by, 1893

Konstantin Makovsky (Russian painter, 1839-1915) Artist's Wife

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek artist, 1541-1614) Female portrait

Elisabeth Sonrel (French artist, 1874-1953), Queen of Summer 1907

Pablo Picasso (Spanish artist, 1881-1973) Madame Canals, 1905

Alexej von Jawlensky (Russian expressionist painter, 1864-1941) Spanish Woman with Mantilla, 1910

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483–1520) La Donna Velata

Sergey Solomko (Russian artist, 1855-1928) Russian Beauty

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velazquez (Spanish painter, 1599–1660) Lady with a Fan, 1640

Klavdi Vasilievich Lebedev (Russian artist, 1852-1916) Charity

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Portraits of Women - French artist Louis Valtat 1869-1952

Louis Valtat (French artist, 1869-1952) Woman Fateuil 1903

Louis Valtat Studied at the High School in Versailles Hoch. In 1886 he Enrolled at the School of Fine Arts Completing His training at the Academie Julian Where he made friends with Albert André & amp; Pierre Bonnard. He won the Jauvin Attainville prize in 1890 & amp; Established His Own studio at Rue de La Glacière in Paris. In 1893, He Took share in the Salon des Artistes Independants for the first time. In 1894, Louis Valtat Both collaborated with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec & amp; Albert André in Creating the decor for the Paris theater "The Work" at the request of Lugné Poe. Valtat's use of color est devenu a major concern to _him_. His use of brilliant colors Expressed His tendencies to Fauvism.

Louis Valtat (French artist, 1869-1952) Woman with Grapes

Louis Valtat (French artist, 1869-1952) Woman with Dog and Cat

Louis Valtat (French artist, 1869-1952) Lace

Louis Valtat (French artist, 1869-1952) Ironers

Louis Valtat (French artist, 1869-1952) Needlepoint

Louis Valtat (French artist, 1869-1952) Woman in Tavern 1896

Louis Valtat (French artist, 1869-1952) Child with Trumpet 1910

Louis Valtat (French artist, 1869-1952) Portrait of Mrs Valtat 1905

Louis Valtat (French artist, 1869-1952) Woman in Chair 1903

Louis Valtat (French artist, 1869-1952) Suzanne Valtat 1907

Louis Valtat (French artist, 1869-1952) Woman on Sofa 1901

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Women & Families by Czech artist Václav Brožík 1851-1901

Václav Brožík (Czech artist, 1851-1901) Childrens' Toilette

Vaclav Brozik was born into a poor family of 7 children, which moved to the outskirts of Prague, when he was a toddler. Young Vaclav became an apprentice lithographer, but his real interest was in painting. Initially, he studied art at the Academy of Arts in Prague in 1868. Brozik briefly moved to Germany to study painting in Dresden & Munich. But Paris was his dream. When Brozik left for Paris in 1876, he did not know a word of French, but he brought with him was 2 letters of recommendation. Within 2 years he became recognized, as he was awarded a gold medal at the Salon de Paris. He married a daughter of a wealthy art dealer in Paris, who helped him achieve success in French high society. He spent his time traveling between Prague, where he taught at the Academy from 1893, and Paris, where his family lived. In 1896, he was elected as a foreign member and the successor of John Millais in the French Academie des beaux-arts.