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


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