Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Women in veils 1880s-1930s
Pierre Auguste Renoir (French painter, 1841-1919) Madame Darras as a Horsewoman
Women have been wearing veils since at least the 13th century B.C. in Assyria. Classical Greek & Hellenistic statues sometimes depict Greek women with both their head & face covered by a veil. Statues of Persian elite women from Persepolis show examples of some women wearing veils & some without. Here are a few from the 19th & early 20th century, which I find fascinating.
Emily Eastman (Loudon New Hampshire 1804-c 1841) Woman in Veil c 1825
Louis Anquetin (French artist, 1861–1932) Woman on the Champs-Elysees by Night 1890
Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish artist, 1860-1920) In mourning, 1880
Louis Anquetin (French artist, 1861–1932) Two Woman 1892
Alice Pike Barney (American artist, 1857-1931) Self Portrait
Jozsef Rippl-Ronai (Hungarian artist, 1861-1927) Mme Mazet 1896
Mary Cassatt (American-born artist, 1844-1926) Woman Arranging Her Veil 1886
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French painter, 1841-1919), Jeune femme à la voilette
Louis Anquetin (French artist, 1861–1932) Woman with a Veil 1890
Edmund Tarbell (American painter, 1862-1938) The Blue Veil 1899
Joseph DeCamp (American artist, 1858-1923) Pink Feather Brown Veil 1908
Gustav Klimt (Austrian Symbolist painter, 1862-1918) Girl With Blue Veil, 1902
Edmund Tarbell (American painter, 1862-1938) Summer Breeze 1904
Gustave Van de Woestijne (Belgian artist, 1881-1947) Les deux printemps
Pierre Bonnard (French painter, 1867-1947) Woman in a Veil c 1917
Henri Matisse (French artist, 1919-1942) The Spaniard 1928
Rudolf Wacker (Austrian painter, 1893 -1939) Ilse Wacker with Mask, 1925
Francis John Clarence Westenra Plantagenet Hastings (British artist 1901-1990) Untitled, 1934
Thomas William Roberts (English-born Australian artist, 1856-1931) Portrait of Florence, 1898
Jean-Louis Forain (French artist, 1852-1931) Head of a Woman with a Veil
Henri Matisse (French artist, 1919-1942) Woman with a Veil
Alice Pike Barney (American artist, 1857–1931) Dream Book
Tamara de Lempicka (Polish Art Deco artist, Russia 1898–1980 Mexico) (Tamara Rosalia Gurwik-Gorska) La Couronne de Fleurs II, 1932
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Swiss artist Félix Edouard Vallotton 1865-1925 paints traditional Portraits
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1884 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) The Artist's Mother
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1886 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) Juliette Lacour
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1886 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) The Artist's Parents
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1892 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) The Invalid
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1902 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) Workshop with my Wife
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1904 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) womn Reading at the Window
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1906 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) Melot Martha wife of Alfred Natanson
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1907 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) Gertrude Stein
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1908 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) Gabrielle Valloton
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1908 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) Mrs Hasen
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1909 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) At the Cafe
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1911 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) Coquettery
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1911 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) Seated Black Woman
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1911 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) Young Woman with Yellow Scarf
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1912 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) Children of Hans and Lisa Hanloser
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1913 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) The Yellow Sheet
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Swiss artist Félix Edouard Vallotton 1865-1925 paints rather non-traditional andscapes
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1913 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) The Rising Tide
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1895 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) Moonlight
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1915 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) the sheaves
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1921 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) View of Cagne from Horseback
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1922 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) Part of the Town of Pont-Audemer
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1917 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) Verdun
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1920 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) Alyscamps morning sun
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1923 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) A Vallon Landscape
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1922 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) The Family of Trees
Félix Edouard Vallotton 1925 (Swiss artist, 1865-1925) Landscape Rocamadour
Monday, January 5, 2015
William Merritt Chase 1849-1916 - His daughter Alice

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Thursday, January 1, 2015
And a few cats by Suzanne Valadon 1865-1938
Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) Two Cats
Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) Study of a cat in 1918
Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) Bouquet and a Cat 1919
Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) and Louison Raminou, 1920
Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) sitting on a cloth Raminou 1920
Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) Miss Lily Walton with Raminou 1922
Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) and Raminou pitcher with skin tones in 1932
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Off to Russia with French-born Louis Caravaque 1684–1752
Louis Caravaque (French-born Russian painter, 1684–1752) Empress Elizabeth
One of the most successful foreign artists to work in Russia, Louis Caravaque is an example of the Europeanization, that Peter the Great sought to bring to his new city of Saint Petersburg. Born into a family of artists in Marseilles, Caravaque began his career painting ships like his father, but his portraits attracted enough attention to warrant a contract in 1715 to come to Russia for 3 years to paint portraits, battle paintings, historical scenes & landscapes. By 1716, Caravaque was living in St. Petersburg, painting & teaching students. Caravaque continued to be a dominant force in the world of portrait painting in the Russian court through the reigns of Catherine, Anna Ioannovna & Elizabeth, all of whom he painted. His work covers a variety of members of the Imperial family & the nobility at various stages in their lives. In addition to portraits, Caravaque designed several interiors & painted a variety of battle scenes related to Peter's military victories in the Northern Wars. He was also commissioned to paint several icons, becoming one of the first foreign artists to do so. Caravaque died in 1752, in St. Petersburg & was buried in the cemetery at St. Sampson Cathedral.
Louis Caravaque (French-born Russian painter, 1684–1752) Empress Elizabeth
Louis Caravaque (French-born Russian painter, 1684–1752) Empress Elizabeth
Louis Caravaque (French-born Russian painter, 1684–1752) Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia (1718-1746)
Louis Caravaque (French-born Russian painter, 1684–1752) Portrait of Empress Anna Ioannovna 1730
Louis Caravaque (French-born Russian painter, 1684–1752) Portrait of Tsesarevna Anna Petrovna
Louis Caravaque (French-born Russian painter, 1684–1752) Catherine I of Russia (1684-1727)
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