Chaisseriau Painting

Khaimraj on the GoodArt list asked about the Chasseriau Angel From the Christie's auction. It's a study from the painting Christ on the Mount of Olives. The final painting is apparently fairly heavily damaged but may have been restored since this image was recorded.


Christ on the Mount of Olives, Theodore Chasseriau, 1840

Christie's Auction

The same day I went to Sotheby's I also went to a pretty similar showing of auction items at Christie's. Here are a few highlights...


La Bergere, Charles-Amable Lenoir


A River Landscape, Peder Mork Monsted, 1897

I was particularly impressed by the Monsted landscapes I saw that day, though I had not heard of him before then. There was a particularly impressive one called A Wooded River Landscape, Deer Grazing in the Distance at the Sotheby's auction tht was similar to this, but which was impossible for me to scan because of how it was printed in the catalog (it spanned the spine of the book). He was definitely an under-appreciated genius!


Portrait of a Young Beauty, Alexei Alejewitch Harlamoff


A Fairy Under Starry Skies, Luis Ricardo Falero


The Angel, Theodore Chaisseriau, c1840

Sotheby's Auction

A few weeks ago several Art Renewal Center people met in New York to view some 19th century paintings being auctioned off later that week. There was a lot of amazing stuff to be seen there including some artists I had not been aware of. Here are a few highlights of what I saw there.


A Water Nymph, Leon-Jean-Bastile Perrault, 1898


The FLying CLoud, Montague Dawson


Awaiting His Return, Hans Andreas Dahl


View of a Fjord, Adelsteen Normann


The Hesitant Betrothed, Auguste Toulmouche, 1866


The Jolly Boat, Albert Lynch


Her First Place, George Dunlop Leslie


The Soap Bubbles, Charles Chaplin


Femme Au Coquillage, William Bouguereau, 1885


Young Roman Water Carrier, Diogene-Uylsse-Napoleon Maillart

Sargent Murals

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) is best known for his portraits, but I have been interested to discover that he did quite a number of public murals, some of them at the very end of his life. They are quite a contrast in style from his more famous work. Here are a few examples...


Boston Public Library, John Singer Sargent, 1895


Frieze of Prophets, Boston Public Library, John Singer Sargent, 1895


Israelites Oppressed, Boston Public Library, John Singer Sargent, 1895


Ceiling Mural, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1921


Atlas and the Hesperides, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1925


Apollo and the Muses, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1921


Orestes Pursued by the Furies, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1921


The Sphinx and the Chimera, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1921


Architecture, Painting, and Sculpture Protected by Athena from the Ravages of Time, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1921


Hercules, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1921


Chiron and Achilles, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1921