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

My favorite landscape from Jean Édouard Vuillard 1868-1940

Jean Édouard Vuillard (French artist, 1868-1940) Breton Landscape, Saint-Jacut

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

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

William Merritt Chase 1849-1916 - His daughter Alice

William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) My Daughter Alice Dieudonne Chase in the Mirror


William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) Mrs William Merritt Chase and Cosy (Daughter Alice Dieudonne Chase) 1895


William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) My Daughter Alice Dieudonne Chase 1898


William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) My Daughter Alice Dieudonne Chase 1902


William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) My Daughter Alice Dieudonne Chase 1902


William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) My Daughter Alice Dieudonne Chase, Shinnecock Hills 1902


William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) My Daughter Alice Dieudonne Chase with Russian Wolfhound 1903

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

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)