Tag: the gallery
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Sonia Delaunay, “Prismes électriques,” 1914, Oil on Canvas, Musée National d’Art Moderne
Sonia Delaunay was a French artist, who spent most of her working life in Paris. She was born in Odessa (then part of Russian Empire), and formally trained in Russian Empire and Germany before moving to France and expanding her practice to include textile, fashion, and set design. She co-founded the Orphism art movement, noted…
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Alexis-Joseph Pérignon, “Marie Antoinette Gathering the Brushes of Madame Vigée Le Brun,” 1784, Painting, Oil on canvas
In 1784, a pregnant Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun arrived for a sitting at Versailles. In her eagerness to please the queen Marie-Antoinette, she spilled her brushes on the floor…
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John Singer Sargent, “Muddy Alligators,” 1917, Painting, Watercolor over graphite on paper
“John Singer Sargent was an American expatriate artist, considered the “leading portrait painter of his generation” for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings.”
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Marie Bracquemond, “Under the Lamp,” 1887, Painting, Oil on Canvas, Private Collection
Marie Bracquemond married noted printmaker Félix Bracquemond, who helped popularize Japanese art in France. Together, they produced ceramic art for Haviland & Co., a manufacturer of Limoges porcelain. Marie’s frequent omission from books on artists is sometimes attributed to the efforts of her husband.
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Eva Gonzalès, “Lady with a Fan,” 1869-70, Painting, Pastel on paper affixed to board
Eva Gonzalès was born in Paris and became introduced to sophisticated literary and art circles at an early age by her father, writer Emmanuel Gonzalès. In 1865, at age sixteen, Eva Gonzales began her professional training and art lessons in drawing from the society portraitist Charles Chaplin. Through her father’s connections as a founding president…
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Mary Cassatt, “Young woman in a Black and Green Bonnet, Looking Down,” 1890, Pastel on tan wove paper
“One of America’s leading expatriate artists, Mary Cassatt settled in Paris in 1874, where she was greatly influenced by the pastels of her friend and mentor Edgar Degas. Pastel was described as Mary Cassatt’s “specific genre” in a review written in November 1889, by which time she had mastered the exacting technique of drawing with…
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Joseph Stella, “Battle of Lights, Coney Island, Mardi Gras,” 1913-14, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Joseph Stella was an Italian-born American Futurist painter best known for his depictions of industrial America, especially his images of the Brooklyn Bridge. He is also associated with the American Precisionist movement of the 1910s–1940s.
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Malvin Gray Johnson, “Self-Portrait,” 1934, Painting, Oil on Canvas, Smithsonian
Gray Johnson began painting at an early age when his sister Maggie noticed his talent and gave him drawing lessons and art supplies when he was a child. His early talent led him to win first place for his artworks in contests in his hometown’s annual fairs.
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George Luks, “Armistice Night,” 1918, Painting, Oil on canvas
“After travelling and studying in Europe, Luks worked as a newspaper illustrator and cartoonist in Philadelphia, where he became part of a close-knit group, led by Robert Henri, that set out to defy the genteel values imposed by the influential National Academy of Design. His best-known paintings reflect the life of the poor and hard-pressed…