Art du XIXème siècle / 19th century Art

Turner, peintures et aquarelles. Collections de la Tate au Musée Jacquemart-André PARIS.- En 2020, le musée Jacquemart-André présente une rétrospective de Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851). Incontestablement le plus grand représentant de l’âge d’or de l’aquarelle anglaise, il en exploita les effets de lumière et de transparence sur les paysages anglais ou les lagunes vénitiennes. Cette exposition révèle le rôle qu’ont joué les aquarelles dans la vie et l’art de Turner, des oeuvres de jeunesse qu’il envoya à la... [Lire la suite]

  LONDON.- The passion for collecting often knows no bounds. In the case of Czech-born Albin Schram (1926-2005), that passion was not only boundless, but also intensely personal. From small ink musings to studies for major works of art, the wonderful array of sketches assembled by Schram was borne out of a fascination with the lesser known personalities of historic greats. Together, they reveal the private sides to some of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, including Edgar Degas, Paul Klee, Emil Nolde, Félix... [Lire la suite]

A Vatican workshops micromosaic and gilt bronze centre table presented by Pope Pius IX to King George V and Queen Marie of Hanover, Rome, mid-19th century. H. 32 in., W. 42 in., D. 42 in.; 81.3 cm., 106.7 cm., 106.7 cm. Price on Request. Courtesy Sotheby's. the circular slate top finely inlaid with sprays of early summer flowers, supported by three winged term figures festooned with floral swags on a platform centred by a trophy of the Papal attributes. Provenance: The Royal House of Hanover;Munich,... [Lire la suite]

Tani Bunchō, copy of Xu Yanghong's One Hundred Children, 1804. AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum has acquired a pair of Asian scroll paintings of the very highest quality at the European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF). One is an 18th-century Chinese scroll painting showing one hundred children playing, making music, reading and writing, and the other is a 19th-century Japanese copy. The ‘one hundred children’ theme is well-known in Asian art – it symbolises fertility and the flourishing of the family. This acquisition was made possible... [Lire la suite]

Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898), Illustration for Oscar Wilde’s Salome 1893, The Peacock Skirt. Line block print on paper. Stephen Calloway. Photo: © Tate. LONDON - Tate Britain’s major new exhibition celebrates the brief but astonishing career of Aubrey Beardsley. Although he died tragically young at the age of just 25, Beardsley’s strange, sinuous black-and-white images have continued to shock and delight for over a century. Bringing together 200 spectacular works, this is the largest... [Lire la suite]

Edgar Degas, The Curtain, c. 1880, pastel over charcoal and monotype on laid paper mounted on board, sheet: 29 x 33.3 cm (11 7/16 x 13 1/8 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon.  WASHINGTON, DC.- Edgar Degas (1834–1917) is celebrated as the premier painter of dancers, a subject that dominated his art for nearly four decades. Degas's renowned images of the Paris Opéra are among the most sophisticated and visually compelling works he created. Celebrating the 350th anniversary... [Lire la suite]

Landscape from Saint-Rémy, 1889, Vincent van Gogh, SMK 1840 © Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Depositum fra Statens Museum for Kunst, København COPENHAGEN.- Helge Jacobsen (1882-1946) is today unknown to most, overshadowed by his famous father, the brewer Carl Jacobsen. But as museum director and foundation chairman Helge Jacobsen has been of immeasurable importance for the arts in Denmark. He stated on several occasions that he saw it as his duty to continue the work of his father, but he also made it clear that he wanted to pursue... [Lire la suite]

Léon-François-Antoine Fleury, French, 1804 - 1858, The Tomb of Cecaelia Metella, c. 1830, oil on canvas,  National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp, National Gallery of Art, Washington.  WASHINGTON, DC.- An integral part of art education in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, painting en plein air (in the open air) was a core practice for artists in Europe. Intrepid painters—developing their abilities to quickly capturing effects of light and atmosphere—made sometimes... [Lire la suite]

Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917), Woman Bathing, c. 1886, pastel crayon on paper on cardboard, 72.5 cm x 57.2 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchase with the support of the BankGiro Loterij, the Mondrian Fund, the Triton Collection Foundation and the Members of The Yellow House Foundation). AMSTERDAM.- The Van Gogh Museum has acquired an important pastel by the French Impressionist Edgar Degas (1834–1917): Woman Bathing, c. 1886. The work presents an intimate view of a nude woman washing herself with a... [Lire la suite]

David Drake (ca. 1801–1870s). Stony Bluff Manufactory (Edgefield District, South Carolina). Storage jar, 1858. Alkaline-glazed stoneware. H: 22 5/8 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Ronald S. Kane Bequest, in memory of Berry B. Tracy, 2020. NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art has purchased a rare stoneware storage jar by the enslaved African American potter and poet David Drake (ca. 1801–1870s), it was announced today. Made at the Stony Bluff Manufactory pottery site in Old Edgefield District, South... [Lire la suite]