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Posts in Category: 19th Century

Oscar Kokoschka

On May 8, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, Austrian, march 1

Pierre Bonnard

On May 6, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, october 3

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

On May 6, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, april 5, French

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter, April 5, 1732-August 22, 1806

Self-portrait with Smiling Face, circa 1800 Gray wash and black chalk, 4.96 in x 3.97 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Diana and Endymion, c. 1753/1756 Oil on canvas, 37 3/8 x 53 7/8 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

La Gimblette (Girl Playing with her Dog), c. 1770 Oil on canvas, 35 in × 28 in // Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Caspar David Friedrich

On May 5, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, German, September 5

Caspar David Friedrich, German painter, Sep 5, 1774 – May 7, 1840

Owl on a Grave, circa 1836/37 Sepia over pencil, 10.1 in x 8.7 in // Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Caspar David Friedrich, Ruined Monastery of Eldena near Greifswald, 1824/25 Oil on canvas, 19.3 x 13.8 in Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany

Ruined Monastery of Eldena near Greifswald, 1824/25 Oil on canvas, 19.3 x 13.8 in // Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany

Landscape with Grave, Coffin and Owl, 1836-37 Sepia over pencil, 15 x 15 in // Kunsthalle, Hamburg

Caspar David Friedrich, Coffin at the edge of a grave, second half of 1830s Sepia and brush over graphite pencil on paper, 15.47 in x 15.51 in Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Coffin at the edge of a grave, second half of 1830s Sepia and brush over graphite pencil on paper, 15.47 in x 15.51 in // Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Caspar David Friedrich, Lady on the Staircase / Caroline on the stairs, circa 1825 Oil on canvas, 28.9 in x 20.4 in Pomeranian State Museum, Greifswald, Germany

Lady on the Staircase / Caroline on the stairs, circa 1825 Oil on canvas, 28.9 in x 20.4 in // Pomeranian State Museum, Greifswald, Germany

Elin Danielson-Gambogi

On May 5, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, Finnish, september 3

Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Finnish painter, September 3, 1861 – December 31, 1919

Self-portrait, 1900 Oil on canvas, 35.4 in x 25.7 in // Ateneum, Helsinki

Aunt Balda's Pastime, 1886 Oil on Canvas, 17.3 in x 20.8 in // Private Collection

Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Hilma Westerholm, 1888 Oil on Canvas, 136 x 105 cm Turku Art Museum, Finland

Hilma Westerholm, 1888 Oil on Canvas, 53.5 x 41.3 in Turku Art Museum, Finland

After Breakfast, 1890 Oil on canvas, 26.3 in x 37 in // Private Collection

To Bed, 1897 Oil on canvas, 27.1 in x 19.2 in // Private collection

George Inness

On May 1, 2025 - 19th Century, American, may 1

George Inness, American landscape painter, May 1, 1825 – August 3, 1894

Home at Montclair, 1892 Oil on canvas, 30.1 inx 45 in // Clark Art Institute, Willaimstown, Massachusetts

George Inness, 1890

The Mill Stream, Montclair, New Jersey, circa 1888 Oil on canvas, 30.5 in x 45 in // Minneapolis Institute of Art

Evening at Medfield, Massachusetts, 1875 Oil on canvas, 38 x 63 1/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Cecilia Beaux

On May 1, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, may 1

Cecilia Beaux, American artist, May 1, 1855 – September 17, 1942

Cecilia Beaux, circa 1888

New England Woman, 1895 Oil on canvas, 43 x 24 1/4 in // Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Twilight Confidencess, 1888 Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 28 in // Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia

Georges Clemenceau, 1920 Oil on canvas, 47 in x 36.7 in // Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

On April 30, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, october 10

Maurice Brazil Prendergast, American artist, October 10, 1858 – February 1, 1924

Prendergast in 1913, photo by Gertrude Käsebier

Grand Canal, Venice, c.1898 - c.1899 Watercolor on paper, 9 x 13.6 in

Boston Harbor, c.1900 - c.1905 Watercolor on paper, 28.26 x 39.37 cm // Private Collection

Santa Maria Formosa, Venice, c.1911 - c.1912 Pencil, watercolor, paper, 23.16 x 15.25 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Flying Horses, c.1900 - c.1901 Watercolor on paper, 13.6 x 21 in Private Collection

At the Shore (Capri), c.1898 - c.1899 Watercolor on paper, 10 x 14 in // Private Collection

Untitled (Kneeling Man), 1891 Watercolor and pencil on paper, 6 ¾ x 3 ¾ inches // Private Collection

Lake, New Hampshire, c.1910 - c.1913 Watercolor on paper, 8.75 x 11.75 cm // Private Collection

Honoré Daumier

On April 30, 2025 - 19th Century, february 26, French

Honoré Daumier, French artist, February 26, 1808 – February 10 or 11, 1879

Daumier c. 1850

Couple Singing, 1845-1850 Oil on canvas, 14.6 x 11.2 in // Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Honoré Daumier, Camille Desmoulins in the Palais Royal, c 1850 Charcoal, watercolor and gouache on cardboard, 21.8 x 17.6 in The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Camille Desmoulins in the Palais Royal, c 1850 Charcoal, watercolor and gouache on cardboard, 21.8 x 17.6 in // The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow