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Lascaux, Horse, c. Stone Age cave painting George Stubbs, Whistlejacket, c. 1762, National Gallery, London. Horses have appeared in works of art throughout history, frequently as depictions of the horse in battle. The horse appears less frequently in modern art, partly because the horse is no longer significant either as a mode of ...
La Femme au Cheval is an oil painting on canvas with dimensions 162 × 130.5 cm (63.8 × 51.4 in). As the title indicates the painting represents a woman and a horse. The rather elegant woman wearing only a pearl necklace and the horse are immersed in a landscape with trees and a window (in the 'background'), a vase, with fruits and vegetation (in the 'foreground') clearly taken from the ...
Horse racing became a popular pastime in 19th century France under Louis-Philippe and Napoleon III. Degas began admiring horses while visiting friends in Normandy. Over the course of his career it is reported that he created 45 oils, 20 pastels, 250 drawings, and 17 sculptures related to horses. Degas was eager to know horses in anatomical ...
The drawing is related to the etching B162 : Self-portrait with Open Mouth: c. 1628-1629: Pen and brown ink with grey wash; ruled framing lines in the same brown ink: 12.7 x 9.5 cm: British Museum, London: The drawing is related to the etching B013 : Self-portrait: c. 1629: Pen: 12.7 x 9.4 cm: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: The drawing is related to ...
Bonheur painted 'The Horse Fair' from a series of sketches of Percherons, and other draft horses, which she had made at the Paris horse market on the tree-lined Boulevard de l'Hôpital, near the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, [3] which is visible in the background to the painting. She attended the market twice weekly for a year and a half from ...
Many art historians believe that the manner in which the horses and carriages are cropped in the painting are the result of influence of photography. Art historian Aaron Scharf has compared this painting to an album of stereoscopic photographs called Vues instantanées de Paris taken by the photographer Hippolyte Jouvin.
From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.
Sketches of a Hen and a Cock: June–July 1890 Van Gogh Museum, Amstertam Auvers-sur-Oise F 1654v JH 2070 Sheet with Many Sketches of Figures: June–July 1890 Private collection Auvers-sur-Oise F 1652r JH 2071 Sketch of a Lady with Striped Dress and Hat; and of Another Lady, Half-Figure: June–July 1890 Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center ...