November 13~ Artists at their Easels

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Frédéric Bazille Painting at his Easel  by  Pierre-Auguste Renoir

1867 / Oil on canvas / 41 1/3”x29” / Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France (on deposit* from the Musée d’Orsay)

* on deposit: the named party has been given temporary custody without permission to sell or exhibit the object.

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The Painter at His Easel  by  Honoré Daumier

c.1870 / Oil on wood panel / 13 3/8”x10 3/8” / The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

November 12~ Artists at their Easels

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Two Artists in the Old Library:
Washington Allston’s Picture, ‘Jacob’s Dream’, Hanging over the Fireplace
(‘The Artist and the Amateur’)  by  J. M. W. Turner

1827 / Gouache and watercolor on paper / 5 1/2”x7 1/2” / Tate Britain, London

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Young Man Sitting, Study. Self-Portrait known as At the Easel
by Gustave Courbet

c.1847 / Charcoal on paper / 17 3/4”x13 1/3” / Musée d’Orsay, Paris

November 11~ Artists at their Easels

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Self-Portrait at the Age of 24  by  Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

1804 / Oil on canvas / 30 1/3”x25” / Musée Condé, Chantilly, France≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈

The Artist at Work by Mary Ellen Best

1828-1838 / Watercolor and pencil on paper / 10 1/10”x14 1/5” / York Art Gallery, York Museums Trust, UK

November 10~ Artists at their Easels

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James Peale Painting a Miniature  by  Charles Willson Peale

c.1795 / Oil on canvas / 30 1/8”x25 1/8” / Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts

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Self-portrait  by  Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

1800 / Oil on canvas / 31”x26 3/4” / Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

November 7~ Artists at their Easels

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Self-portrait of the Artist with his Daughter Antonia by Georg Desmarées

c.1750 / Oil on canvas / 62 1/2”x46 1/4” / Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

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Hogarth Painting the Comic Muse by William Hogarth

c.1757-1758 / Oil on canvas / 17 3/4”x16 3/4” / National Portrait Gallery, London

November 4~ Artists at their Easels

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Self-Portrait  by  Judith Leyster

c.1630 / Oil on canvas / 29 3/8”x25 5/8” / National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting  by  Artemisia Gentileschi

1638–39 / Oil on canvas / 38”x29” / Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, Greater London