Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Eugene Delacroix, Orphan Girl at the Cemetery



Eugene Delacroix
Orphan Girl at the Cemetery
oil on canvas
c. 1824
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

For educational purposes only

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Self-Portraits by and attributed to Vincent van Gogh



List of Self-Portraits by and attributed to Vincent van Gogh

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Vermeer, Girl With a Pearl Earring



Jan Vermeer
Girl With a Pearl Earring, detail
Oil on canvas
c. 1660-1665 CE
Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands
18.25” x 15.75”

For educational purposes only
photo by Danny van Ryswyk

Powder monkey by gun of U.S.S. New Hampshire off Charleston, S.C.




Powder monkey by gun of U.S.S. New Hampshire off Charleston, S.C.
glass, stereograph, wet collodion
between 1864-1865
The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

For educational purposes only.

A Faithful and Convenient Machine for Taking Silhouettes



A Faithful and Convenient Machine for Taking Silhouettes
early 1800s
France

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Monday, June 1, 2009

Alphonse Mucha, Summer



Alphonse Mucha
Summer
oil on panel
1896
private collection

Jean-Léon Gérôme, Michelangelo in His Studio



Jean-Léon Gérôme
Michelangelo in His Studio
oil on canvas
20.25 x 17.75 in
1849
private collection

Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait



Vincent van Gogh
Self-Portrait
oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 15 in.
1888
private collection

Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers




Vincent van Gogh
Sunflowers
oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 22 7/8 in
1888
private collection, Switzerland

For educational purposes only.

Georges Seurat, Nude Study



Georges Seurat
Nude Study
graphite on paper
1877
13 x 18 3/4 in
private collection

For educational purposes only.

Félix Nadar, Revolving Self-Portrait of Nadar



Félix Nadar
Revolving Self-Portrait of Nadar
c. 1865

For educational purposes only.

Raoul Hausmann, The Art Critic



Raoul Hausmann
The Art Critic
Photomontage
1919-20
12.5 x 10
Tate Gallery, London

For educational purposes only

Alfred Stieglitz, The Steerage



Alfred Stieglitz
The Steerage
Photogravure
1907

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Vincent Van Gogh At About 18



Vincent Van Gogh
Age 18
c. 1871

William Tecumseh Sherman



William Tecumseh Sherman
Mathew Brady
Daugerreotype
1865

The Great Wave off Kanagawa



The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Katsushika Hokusai
woodblock print
1831
25×37cm

("Original" type. Facsimile of a woodblock made ca. 1930 exactly the same way as they were made by artisans ca. 1830.)