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.
The Jolly Boat, Albert Lynch
Her First Place, George Dunlop Leslie
Femme Au Coquillage, William Bouguereau, 1885
Young Roman Water Carrier, Diogene-Uylsse-Napoleon Maillart
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.
Apollo and the Muses, 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
Atlas and the Hesperides, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1925
Boston Public Library, John Singer Sargent, 1895
Ceiling Mural, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1921
Chiron and Achilles, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1921
Hercules, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1921
Israelites Oppressed, Boston Public Library, John Singer Sargent, 1895
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
Brian Shapiro recently pointed out that the Bouguereau I posted last week was incomplete (the feet were cut off) and he was right! Here’s what the whole thing looks like. It has a nicer color than the one I found as well. Thanks Brian!
Along the way I also found the following pair of Bouguereau studies on the same site…
Etude de tete de Femme Blonde de, profil , William Bouguereau, c. 1898
Etude de tete de Femme Blonde de, face , William Bouguereau, c. 1898
Speaking of paintings I had not seen before, I found this William Bouguereau (1825-1905) painting that I had not seen before in Christie’s catalog. It’s apparently already in the upcoming catalogue raisonne, though not the ARC site, but I certianly had not encountered it before.
I was reading through some books this weekend and I spotted a painting by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), apparently long hidden in the private colelction of Henry W. Oliver. It’s not in my own Alma-Tadema page nor (based on a quick look) on the ARC site either. Here it is…
Previously, my only exposure to Hippolyte Flandrin (1809-1864) had been little more than his Naked Young Man Sitting by the Sea, but this past week I found a co
Plites, Son of Priam, Observes the Movements of the Greeks, Hippolyte Flandrin, 1834
Here’s something a little unusual from Francesco Hayez (1791-1882) commissioned by Count Girolamo Malfatti using the model ballerina Carlotta Chabert, the nobleman’s mistress.
Venus Playing with Two Doves, Francesco Hayez, 1830
Here’s another new find from another little-known artist (to me at least). This particular painting was based on a popular serial novel by Eugene Sue called Les Mysteres de Paris.
Rigolette Seeks to Distract Herself During the Absence of Germain, Joseph-Desire Court, 1844
I found a few wonderful pieces by Andrea Appiana (1745-1817) (an artist whose work I was only vaguely aware of previously) and I thought I should share them with you all.
