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La Négresse (Manet)
''La Négresse'' is an 1862 oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet, now in the Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli in Turin. The name of the model for the work is Laure, the black woman holding a bunch of flowers in the same artist's '' Olympia''. The work is still linked with the "black beauties of Baudelaire". in reference to his mistress Jeanne Duval, although Duval was mixed-race rather than black. Baudelaire and Manet became close friends, during which time he produced a portrait of Duval in 1862, entitled ''Baudelaire's Mistress''. The poet was often in the painter's studio.. ''La Négresse'' is mentioned in Manet's posthumous inventory in 1883 under number 46 and was owned by Éva Gonzalès-Guérard, then Auguste Pellerin, then Alexandre Louis Philippe Berthier, prince of Wagram. In 1913 it belonged to Baron Herzog in Budapest, from whom it was looted by Nazi troops. The work passed through Berlin and Honolulu between 1933 and 1959, before entering its present home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet (, ; ; 23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French Modernism, modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism (art movement), Realism to Impressionism. Born into an upper-class household with strong political connections, Manet rejected the naval career originally envisioned for him; he became engrossed in the world of painting. His early masterworks, Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, ''The Luncheon on the Grass'' (''Le déjeuner sur l'herbe'') and ''Olympia (Manet), Olympia'', premiering in 1863 and '65, respectively, caused great controversy with both critics and the Academy of Fine Arts, but soon were praised by progressive artists as the breakthrough acts to the new style, Impressionism. These works, along with others, are considered watershed paintings that mark the start of modern art. The last 20 years of Manet's life saw him form bonds with other great artists of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Paintings By Édouard Manet
This is a list of some of the more well-known paintings of French artist Édouard Manet (1832–1883). List External links * Manet overview pages at museum web sites with collection databases: *Art Institute of Chicago*Barnes Foundation*Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo*Foundation E.G. Bührle*Guggenheim*J. Paul Getty Museum*Metropolitan Museum of Art*** [http://masp.art.br/masp2010/acervo_busca_autor.php Museu de Arte de São Paulo] *Museum of Fine Arts, Boston*National Gallery, London*National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.*National Gallery of Victoria*National Museum Cardiff*National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo* * [http://www.googleartproject.com/artist/%C3%A9douard-manet/4128003/ Google Art Project] {{DEFAULTSORT:List of paintings by Edouard Manet Lists of paintings, Manet, Edouard Paintings by Édouard Manet, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paintings Of Black People
Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush. Other implements, such as palette knives, sponges, airbrushes, the artist's fingers, or even a dripping technique that uses gravity may be used. One who produces paintings is called a painter. In art, the term "painting" describes both the act and the result of the action (the final work is called "a painting"). The support for paintings includes such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, pottery, leaf, copper and concrete, and the painting may incorporate other materials, in single or multiple form, including sand, clay, paper, cardboard, newspaper, plaster, gold leaf, and even entire objects. Painting is an important form of visual arts, visual art, bringing in elements such as drawing, Composition (visual art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paintings In The Pinacoteca Giovanni E Marella Agnelli
Painting is a visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush. Other implements, such as palette knives, sponges, airbrushes, the artist's fingers, or even a dripping technique that uses gravity may be used. One who produces paintings is called a painter. In art, the term "painting" describes both the act and the result of the action (the final work is called "a painting"). The support for paintings includes such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, pottery, leaf, copper and concrete, and the painting may incorporate other materials, in single or multiple form, including sand, clay, paper, cardboard, newspaper, plaster, gold leaf, and even entire objects. Painting is an important form of visual art, bringing in elements such as drawing, composition, gesture, narration, and abstraction. Paintings can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
