29 October 2017

François Boucher. Resting Girl - Louise O’Murphy (‘Ruhendes Mädchen - Louise O'Murphy’), 1751 (Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne).


Oil on canvas: 59.5 x 73.5 cm. Model presumed to be Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737-1814), mistress to Louis XV. Later version at the Alte Pinakothek Munich (with brazier and a single rose): here

Visit > Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne.
More > François Boucher at Wikipedia.
More > Marie-Louise O'Murphy at Wikipedia.

9 October 2017

Claude Monet. Woman with Parasol turned to the Right (‘Essai de figure en plein-air: Femme à l'ombrelle tournée vers la droite), 1886 (Musée d'Orsay, Paris).


Oil on canvas: 130.5 x 89.3 cm. Plein-air study with Suzanne Hoschedé as the model. Pendant with ‘Woman with Parasol turned to the Left’: here. Photo credit: Jean Louis Mazieres.

Visit > Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
More > Claude Monet at Wikipedia.

6 October 2017

Harold Williamson. Spray, 1939 (Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, Bournemouth).


Oil on canvas: 60.5 x 85.8 cm. Harold Williamson (1898-1972) the Manchester painter/ teacher, not to be confused with Harold Sandys Williamson (1892-1978).

Visit > Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, Bournemouth.
More > Harold Williamson at Art UK.