Pride Month~ June 10

Erté (1892-1990)  Russian-born French artist, illustrator, and designer
http://gayinfluence.blogspot.com/2013/12/erte.html

Masquerade / 1987 / Embossed serigraph with foil stamping on black paper / 28”x40”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Claude Cahun (1894-1954)
Startlingly original and enigmatic photographic images
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/obituaries/claude-cahun-overlooked.html

Don’t Kiss Me, I’m in Training (Claude Cahun + Marcel Moore) / 1927 / Monochrome print / 4 5/8”x3 1/2”

Pride Month~ June 9


Grant Wood (1891-1942)
One of three leaders of the American Regionalist movement
http://archive.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2010/11/07/candid_examination_of_iconic_painter_grant_wood/

Parson Weems’ Fable / 1939 / Oil on canvas / 38 3⁄8” x50 1⁄8”

Hubert Stowitts (1892-1953) Dancer, film actor, painter, designer, and metaphysician
http://www.queer-arts.org/archive/jan_98/stowitts/biography.html

Work of Stowitts for “The Fox-God”, an opera in 3 acts / 1939 / Mounted color plate from painting / 15 1/4”x13”

Pride Month~ June 8

 

Marsden Hartley (1877-1943)
American Modernist painter, poet, and essayist
https://collection.terraamericanart.org/view/people/asitem/items$0040null:231/0

Portrait of a German Officer / 1914 / Oil on canvas / 68 1/4”x41 3/8”

Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
British Post-Impressionist painter and designer
https://www.jennaburlingham.com/artists/212-duncan-grant/biography/

Vanessa Bell / 1942 / Oil on canvas / 40”×24”

Pride Month~ June 7

Violet Oakley (1874-1961)
The first American woman to receive a public mural commission
https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/violet-oakley

June / c.1902 / Oil, charcoal, and graphite on composition board / 16 3/16”x 17 1/16”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Romaine Brooks (1874-1970) A leading figure of early 20th-century expatriates in Paris
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/its-time-acknowledge-romaine-brooks-early-20th-century-artist-180959725/

La Baronne Emile D’Erlanger / c.1924 / Oil on canvas / 41 7/8”x 34 1/8”

Pride Month~ June 6


Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929)  British maritime and figurative painter, and photographer
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/henry-scott-tuke-555

The Run Home / 1902 / Oil on canvas / 46.8”x63.7”


 

J. C. Leyendecker (1874-1951)
One of America’s preeminent 20th century illustrators
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-perfect-american-male/

U.S. Marines / 1917 / Color lithograph / 25.9”x17.7”

Pride Month~ June 5


Simeon Solomon (1840-1905)

Painter associated with Pre-Raphaelite and Aesthetic movements
https://www.simeonsolomon.com/simeon-solomon-biography.html

A Youth Relating Tales to Ladies / 1870 / Oil on canvas / 14”x21”

 

 

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
Considered the leading portrait painter of his generation
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/sarg/hd_sarg.htm

Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth / 1889 / Oil on canvas / 87.0”x45”

Pride Month~ June 4

Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899)  One of the best known artists of the 19th century
http://ringlingdocents.org/bonheurbio.htm

The Horse Fair / 1852-55 / Oil on canvas / 96 1/4”x 199 1/2”

Harriet Hosmer (1830-1908)  Credited with opening the field of sculpture to women
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/harriet-hosmer-2314

Sleeping Faun / after 1865 / Marble / 34 1/2”x 41”x 16 1/2”

Pride Month~ June 3

William Etty (1787-1849)   English artist best known for his nude figures
http://www.cassone-art.com/magazine/article/2011/11/theres-something-about-etty-art-and-controversy-at-york-city-art-gallery/?psrc=around-the-galleries

Venus and Cupid / c.1825/1835 / Oil on canvas / 12.4”x17.4”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Emma Stebbins (1815-1882)   One Of The First American Women Sculptors
http://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2015/05/emma-stebbins.html

Angel of the Waters (Bethesda Fountain) / c.1873 / Figures: bronze; lower basin: blue stone; pool: westerly granite / H: 25′; Diameter of lower basin 15′; Diameter of pool 96′

Pride Month~ June 2

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Sculptor, painter, draftsman, architect, and poet
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michelangelo

Doni Tondo / 1505-1506 / Tempera grassa (tempera and oil) on wood / 47 1⁄2” diameter

 

 

 

 

 

Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571)
Goldsmith, sculptor, draftsman, soldier, and musician
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benvenuto_Cellini

Perseus With The Head of Medusa / 1545-1554 / Bronze / approx. 17’ high, incl. base

Pride Month~ June 1

Donatello (c.1386–1466)
The greatest sculptor of the early Renaissance
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dona/hd_dona.htm

St. George / 1417 / Marble / Height 6’10”

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/leonardo-da-vinci-the-virgin-of-the-rocks