From the collection of Berkshire Museum Edouard Vuillard, “Two women in an interior”. Watercolor over pencil and paper. Not dated.Christies, “A very rare Nabis watercolor is very complete, in very good condition and is a desirable subject for Vuillard’s early years (his mother and his sister). Signed and indistinctly dedicated lower right. …
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Édouard Vuillard: Garden at Vaucresson (1923)
According to Colta Ives (2018), “The enormous appeal of gardens in the early twentieth century, especially to women of means, found frequent expression in the work of Édouard Vuillard, ” (C. Ives, p. 94). This painting was begun in 1920 at Vaucresson, a residential suburb west of Paris, where Vuillard’s friends Lucy and Josse (Jos) Hessel…
Suzanne Valadon: Still Life (1922)
Still Life – Suzanne Valadon , 1922. French,1865-1938 oil on canvas, 18 3/8 x 15 1/8 in. 46.67 x 38.42 cm. Via: huariqueje
Édouard Vuillard: Flowers on Mantel at Les Clayes
Édouard Vuillard: Flowers on a Mantelpiece at Les Clayes (1935)
“Magnificent peonies, at the point of wilting, have been arranged on a mantelpiece in front of a mirror. Depicted vividly in a matt paint, their deep red hue …
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Party in the Country (1882)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, “Party in the Country” Owner/Location: Private collection Dates: circa 1882 Artist age: Approximately 18 years old. Dimensions: Height: 46.7 cm (18.39 in.), Width: 38.8 cm (15.28 in.) Medium: Painting – oil on canvas Click for image detail: Image source: Athenaeum and wikiart
Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson: Benoît Agnès Trioson, “Reading the Bible” (1797)
Who is This Sad Child? Benoît Agnès Trioson Reading the Bible (1797). Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (French, 1767-1824). Oil on canvas. Musée Girodet. Presented at the Salon of 1798, the first portrait of Benoît-Agnès shows the child at the age of eight. Immersed in an illustrated Bible, the child seems surprised by the painter who distracts…
Edmund Dulac: Abysm of Time from ‘The Tempest’
EDMUND DULAC, Abysm of time, Illustration of The Tempest Prospero. ‘What sees thou else in the dark backward and abysm of time?’ Via olosta
Renoir: Flowers (Fleurs)
Flowers (Fleurs) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Barnes Foundation Medium: Oil on canvas Barnes Foundation (Philadelphia), Collection Gallery, Main Room, North Wall https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/7021/
At Sunnyside - Where Truth and Beauty Meet 