2018. május 25., péntek

Women in white reading outdoors


Wilhelm Amberg (German, 1822-1899) - Women in white reading outdoors - - Amberg was educated by the painters Carl Joseph Begas in Berlin and Léon Cogniet in Paris (1845). After this he spent a couple of years in Rome. His paintings are characterized by humour and a poetic atmosphere...
 

2018. április 17., kedd

The Artist and his Model


Alexei Alexeevich Harlamoff (Russian, 1840-1925) - The Artist and his Model, 1875 (Oil on canvas) - - Harlamoff portrayed reading women many times in his later work, and he depicted this young reader as a model. The mirror in this painting reveals Harlamoff in his studio in Paris. By disguising his self-portrait in a mirror, the artist evokes the well-known imagery of Rembrandt and Velazquez, two Old Masters whom he is known to have admired…
 

2018. április 15., vasárnap

Green Stockings


Ulisse Caputo (Italian, 1872-1948) - Green Stockings, 1914 (Oil on canvas) - - Caputo first exhibited in the 1900 Venice Biennale. He painted genre subjects, often finely dressed and in intimate familial situations. Here, the lady takes a break from her reading but maintains her place in the narrative with a finger…