Joseph Berger: Psyche and Cupid
Paintings from 19th century France, from Neoclassic to Academic to Barbizon. Impressionism is not covered here.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Medieval Scenes
Jean Alaux: Meeting of the Estates-General in Paris, April 10, 1302
Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse: Louis VII takes the standard at Saint-Denis, 1147
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Théodore Gudin
Théodore Gudin: Naval Combat off Cape Lizard in Cornwall, 21 October 1707, won by the French fleet commanded by DuGuay-Trouin and Admiral de Forbin against five English war vessels
Monday, November 24, 2014
Friday, November 21, 2014
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Pierre François Eugène Giraud
In some places his name is given as Eugène Pierre François Giraud.
Italian Customs at Simplon
The Finding of Moses
The Spanish Beauty with a Fan
Women of Algeria
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Alfred Dehodencq
Alfred Dehodencq: The Hajj
The Hajj is, of course, the pilgrimage to Mecca that all Muslims are expected to undertake at least once in their lives.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Monday, November 17, 2014
Friday, November 14, 2014
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Charles-Émile Jacque
Charles-Émile Jacque was a painter of rural scenery who focused especially on farm animals. He was a member of the Barbizon School.
A Shepherdess with her Flock near a Stream
Guarding the Flock
Sheep in a Pasture
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Monday, November 10, 2014
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Neoclassics
Charles Meynier: Helen and Paris
Raymond Monvoisin: Callirhoe
Callirhoe and her lover, Chaereas, appear to have been the subject of the world's earliest known historical novel.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Julien Dupré
Julien Dupré was a painter who specialized in depicting in rural peasant life.
A Shepherd
Haymaking
La Laitiere
Milkmaid
The Wheatfield
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Pierre-Nolasco Bergeret
Pierre-Nolasco Bergeret: Alexandre I présente à Napoléon I les Kalmouks, les Cosaques et les Baskirs de l’armée russe, 9 juillet 1807
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Monday, November 3, 2014
Jean-Baptiste Debret
Debret was another painter of Napoleon.
Napoleon Paying Tribute to the Courage of the Unfortunate
Napoléon Harangue les Troupes Bavaroises et Wurtembourgeoises à Abensberg, 1810
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Horace Vernet
These three by Vernet appear to depict different phases of the same engagement, probably during the conquest of Algeria.
The Enemy Repulsed from the Heights of Coudiat-Ati, October 10, 1837
Assault Columns set in Motion. 13 October 1837
Taking the City, 13 October 1837
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