Tag Archives: Watercolor

May 9, 1874~ Howard Carter, British archaeologist, historian, and artist is born

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Under the Protection of the Gods by Howard Carter

1908 / Watercolor / 24 7/16”x18 1/8” / Private collection?

The man most famous for his discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb was also an artist.
An album of Howard Carter’s watercolours of birds and animals~
http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/Carter_birds_gallery.html

Previous May 6 posts:

Love & War~ May 9

Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/9~

November 24~ Artists at their Easels

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Self Portrait  by  Dame Laura Knight

c.1913 / Oil on canvas / 23 2/5”x23 2/5” / Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈

Self-Portrait  by  Alberto Giacometti

1921 / Oil on canvas /32 1/2”x28 3/10” / Musée Picasso Paris, Paris, France

November 20~ Artists at their Easels

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An Artist in His Studio  by  John Singer Sargent

1904 / Oil on canvas / 21 1/2”x28 1/4” / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Self-Portrait with Palette  by  Alice Pike Barney

c.1906 / Oil on canvas / 33 1/4”x24 1/8” / Smithsonian American Art Museum

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