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The Dream. The Dream ( French: Le Rêve; occasionally also known as Le Songe or Rêve exotique) is a large oil-on-canvas painting created by Henri Rousseau in 1910, one of more than 25 Rousseau paintings with a jungle theme. His last completed work, it was first exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants from 18 March to 1 May 1910, a few months ...
University of Michigan Museum of Art Pierre à Feu, bookcover for "Les miroirs profonds: Henri Matisse", Paris, Pierre: 1947 Color lithograph on paper 24.29 cm x 20.96 cm Ann Arbor University of Michigan Museum of Art Head: prior to 1948 Etching on paper 33 cm x 25.1 cm Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Paul Gauguin. Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin ( UK: / ˈɡoʊɡæ̃ /, US: / ɡoʊˈɡæ̃ /, French: [øʒɛn ɑ̃ʁi pɔl ɡoɡɛ̃]; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influential ...
Le rideau jaune ( The Yellow Curtain) is a painting by Henri Matisse created in 1915. Its size is 57½ × 38⅛" (146 × 97 cm). It is currently in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Matisse's original title for the painting, Composition, draws attention to its abstract quality. Interviewed in 1931, Matisse explained that the ...
The artists are sorted by century and then alphabetically by last name. In general, artists are included that are mentioned at the ArtCyclopedia [1] website, in the Grove Dictionary of Art , [2] and/or whose paintings regularly sell for over $20,000 at auctions. [3]
Earl Hines. Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl " Fatha " [ nb 1] Hines (December 28, 1903 [ nb 2] – April 22, 1983), was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, according to one source, "one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of ...
Robert Henri. Robert Henri ( / ˈhɛnraɪ /; June 24, 1865 – July 12, 1929) was an American painter and teacher. As a young man, he studied in Paris, where he identified strongly with the Impressionists, and determined to lead an even more dramatic revolt against American academic art, as reflected by the conservative National Academy of Design.
Luncheon of the Boating Party French: Le Déjeuner des canotiers is an 1881 painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Included in the Salon in 1882, it was identified as the best painting in the show by three critics. [3] It was purchased from the artist by the dealer-patron Paul Durand-Ruel and bought in 1923 (for $125,000) from ...