Peinture Française du 19ème Siècle: February 2018

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Truth Leaving the Well (1898)

Édouard Debat-Ponsan: Truth Leaving the Well

Compare this with Gérôme's painting on the same subject. Interesting differences in the treatment of the same subject: in one Truth is a pissed-off dominatrix, and in this one she's an ingenue apparently falling victim to the first men she meets.

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

The Next Commission (1898)

Adrien Henri Tanoux: The Next Commission

Sunday, February 25, 2018

La Visite à la Vierge de Bénodet (1898)

Jean-Eugène Buland: La Visite à la Vierge de Bénodet

Saturday, February 24, 2018

Souvenir de Dauphiné (1898)

Henri-Joseph Harpignies: Souvenir de Dauphiné

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

A Child's Disappointment (1897-98)

Émile Friant: A Child's Disappointment

Monday, February 19, 2018

Solitude (1898)

Albert Lorieux: Solitude

Sunday, February 18, 2018

After the Visit (1897)

Victor Gabriel Gilbert: After the Visit

Friday, February 16, 2018

Allegory of Spring (1897)

Paul François Quinsac: Allegory of Spring

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Admiration (1897)

William Bouguereau: Admiration

The "child" is in fact Cupid (he's got wings and is holding an arrow), which makes this appropriate for Valentine's Day!

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

The Battle of Wagram (1897)

Henri-Georges-Jacques Chartier: The Battle of Wagram

The Battle of Wagram took place in July 1809. It was a decisive victory for Napoleon's forces over an Austrian army. The two-day battle was particularly bloody, mainly due to the use of 1,000 artillery pieces on a flat battlefield packed with some 300,000 men. [Wikipedia]