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Exhibition Review
Canada and Impressionism: New Horizons. Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 253-255
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Reviewer:
Brabant, Dominik (Brabant, Dominik)
Subjects
artists:
Cullen, Maurice / Morrice, James Wilson / Bruce, William Blair / Peel, Paul / Beau, Henri / McNicoll, Helen / Carlyle, Florence / Gagnon, Clarence
artists:
Brymner, William
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland
places:
Canada / Paris
subjects:
Canadian painting / Impressionism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Canada and Impressionism: New Horizons Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne 24th January–24th May | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
27. Landscape with poppies, by William Blair Bruce. 1887. Oil on canvas, 27.3 by 33.8 cm. (Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; exh. Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne).
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28. The picnic, by Henri Beau. 1904–05. Oil on canvas, 72.5 by 92.5 cm. (Mus e national des beaux-arts du Quebec; exh. Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne).
Attributed works:
29. The train, winter, by Clarence Gagnon. c.1913–14. Oil on canvas, 56 by 71 cm. (Private collection; exh. Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne).
Book Review
The Global Flows of Early Scottish Photography: Encounters in Scotland, Canada, and China. By Anthony W. Lee
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 885-886
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Reviewer:
Stein, Lisa (Stein, Lisa)
Subjects
artists:
Hill, David Octavius / Adamson, Robert / Notman, William / Henderson, Alexander / Thomson, John
places:
Scotland / Canada / China
subjects:
Photography / Scottish / Colonialism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Global Flows of Early Scottish Photography: Encounters in Scotland, Canada, and China By Anthony W. Lee. 344 pp. incl. 193 col. ills. (McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal, 2019), £45. ISBN 978–0–7735–5713–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Exhausted, caribou hunting series, Montreal, QC, by William Notman. 1866. Albumen print, 25 by 20 cm. (McCord Museum, Montreal).
Exhibition Review
Resplendent Illuminations: Books of Hours from the 13th to the 16th Century in Quebec Collections. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1045-1047
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Reviewer:
Herman, Nicholas (Herman, Nicholas)
Subjects
art literature:
Ricci, Seymour de
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Illuminated manuscripts
museums and institutions:
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
places:
Canada / Montreal
subjects:
Books of hours / Prayer books / Psalters / Catalogues raisonnés / Literature / Collecting / Book collecting / Collections / Collections, Private / Religious art / Catholicism / Jesuits
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
10. St Helena and the invention of the True Cross, Southern Germany. c.1520. Parchment, 11 by 8 cm. (McGill University Library, Montreal, MS 162; exh. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; photograph Gregory Houston).
Western art unattributed:
11. Woman reading in a studiolo, leaf from a book of hours, Venice or Padua (?). c.1375. Parchment, tempera, gold leaf and ink on six pieces of parchment mounted on paper, 14 by 9.5 cm. (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, inv. no.1957.1368; photograph MMFA, Christine Guest).
Western art unattributed:
9. Arrest of Christ and the kiss of Judas, Augsburg. c.1235–50. Parchment, 13.5 by 9 cm. (McGill University Library, Montreal, MS 161; exh. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts).
Exhibition Review
Napoleon: Power and Splendour. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 676-678
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Reviewer:
Bordes, Philippe (Bordes, Philippe; Bordes, Phillipe)
Subjects
art literature:
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim
artists:
David, Jacques-Louis / Gros, Antoine-Jean / Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis / Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique / Gerard, Francois Baron (1770-1837) / Rigaud, Hyacinthe / Isabey, Jean-Baptiste / Chinard, Joseph / Dufau, Fortuné / Regnault, Jean Baptiste
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Prints / Sculpture / Porcelain / Tapestries / Textiles / Silks / Costume / Furniture
museums and institutions:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, United States / Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada / Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City (MO), United States / Château de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau, France
patrons:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French
places:
United States / Richmond (United States) / Kansas City / Canada / Montreal / France / Fontainebleau
subjects:
French painting / French sculpture / Decorative arts / Politics / Diplomacy / First Empire (France: 1799-1815) / Patronage / Ancien Régime (France) / Ceremonies / Allegories / Iconography / Portraits / Family portraits / Sèvres porcelain / Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Illustrations
Attributed works:
15. General Armand-Samuel de Marescot with his wife, Cécile, his son, Antoine-Samuel, his daughter, Joséphine-Cécile, and his motherin-law, Marie-Charlotte d’Artis de Thiézac, by Fortuné Dufau. 1806. Canvas, 240 by 195 cm. (Private collection; exh. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond VA).
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16. Triumphal march of Napoleon to the Temple of Immortality, by Jean-Baptiste Regnault. 1804–05. Paper mounted on canvas, 52.4 by 93 cm. (Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; exh. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond VA).
Attributed works:
17. Etruscan Scroll Vase, called the Londonderry Vase. Sèvres Imperial Manufactory, after a design by Charles Percier and Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart père, decoration by Gilbert Drouet and Christophe-Ferdinand Caron. 1813. Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration, gilding and ormolu mounts, height 137.2 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago).
Exhibition Review
Gothic boxwood miniatures. Toronto, New York and Amsterdam
08/2017 | 1373 | 159
Pages: 663-664
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Reviewer:
Thornton, Dora (Thornton, Dora)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada / The Cloisters, New York, United States
places:
United States / Toronto / New York / Netherlands / Canada / Amsterdam
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Wood sculpture / Carvings / Boxwood / Gothic (Medieval)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
76. Prayer nut, by Adam Dircksz. c.1500-30 (Kunstkammer, Copenhagen; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Western art unattributed:
74. Initial P with the Legend of St Philip, by an anonymous sculptor. c.1500-before 1506 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Western art unattributed:
75. St George and the dragon, by an anonymous sculptor. c.1520 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Exhibition Review
Georgia O'Keeffe. London, Vienna and Toronto
10/2016 | 1363 | 158
Pages: 834-835
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Reviewer:
Vaizey, Marina (Vaizey, Marina)
Subjects
artists:
O'Keeffe, Georgia
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain / Kunstforum Wien, Vienna, Austria / Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
places:
Vienna / Toronto / London / England / Canada / Austria
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
65. My Front Yard, Summer, by Georgia O'Keeffe. 1941 (Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe; exh. Tate Modern, London)
Attributed works:
66. New York Street with Moon, by Georgia O'Keeffe. 1925 (Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan to the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid; exh. Tate Modern, London)
Attributed works:
67. White Iris, by Georgia O'Keeffe. 1930 (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; exh. Tate Modern, London)
Exhibition Review
Robert Mapplethorpe. Los Angeles, Montreal and Sydney
08/2016 | 1361 | 158
Pages: 678-680
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Reviewer:
Silberman, Robert (Silberman, Robert; Silberman, Robert B.)
Subjects
artists:
Mapplethorpe, Robert
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States / J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States / Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada / Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
places:
United States / Sydney / Montreal / Los Angeles / Canada / Australia
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
82. Joe, NYC, by Robert Mapplethorpe. 1978 (J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
Attributed works:
83. Poppy, by Robert Mapplethorpe. 1988 (J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
Attributed works:
84. Ken Moody and Robert Sherman, by Robert Mapplethorpe. 1984 (J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles)
Attributed works:
85. Self-portrait, by Robert Mapplethorpe. 1988 (J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles)
Exhibition Review
Brothers in Art: Drawings by Watts and Leighton. Compton. Pre-Raphaelites on Paper: Victorian Drawings from the Lanigan Collection. Ottawa & London
05/2016 | 1358 | 158
Pages: 387–89
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Reviewer:
Owens, Susan (Owens, Susan)
Subjects
artists:
Leighton, Frederic, First Baron Leighton of Stretton / Watts, George Frederic
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Watts Gallery, Compton , Great Britain / Leighton House, London, Great Britain / National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
places:
Ottawa / London / England / Compton / Canada
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
56. Self-portrait study (known as 'Fear'), by George Frederic Watts. c.1835-36 (Watts Gallery, Compton)
Attributed works:
57. Portrait of Virginia Pattle, by George Frederic Watts. c.1849 (Watts Gallery, Compton)
Attributed works:
58. Study for 'The Return of Persephone': drapery for Demeter, by Frederic Leighton. c.1890 (Leighton House Museum, London; exh. Watts Gallery, Compton)
Attributed works:
59. King Pelles' daughter bearing the vessel of the Sanc Graal, by Frederick Sandys. 1861 (Lanigan Collection, Saskatoon; exh. Watts Gallery, Compton)
Attributed works:
60. Samson and Delilah, by Henry Holiday. c.1859-61 (Lanigan Collection, Saskatoon; exh. Watts Gallery, Compton)
Exhibition Review
Monet: A Bridge to Modernity
01/2016 | 1354 | 158
Pages: 069–070
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Reviewer:
MacDuffee, Allison (MacDuffee, Allison)
Subjects
artists:
Monet, Claude
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
places:
Ottawa / Canada
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
92. Le Pont de bois, by Claude Monet. 1872 (VKS Art Inc., Ottawa; exh. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa)
Attributed works:
93. The Railroad Bridge at Argenteuil, by Claude Monet. 1873 (John G. Johnson Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art; exh. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa)
Attributed works:
94. The Port at Argenteuil, by Claude Monet. c.1872 (Musée d'Orsay, Paris; exh. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa)
Exhibition Review
Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun
12/2015 | 1353 | 157
Pages: 875-876
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Reviewer:
Walczak, Gerrit (Walczak, Gerrit)
Subjects
artists:
Vigée-LeBrun, Elisabeth Louise
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Grand Palais, Paris, France / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
places:
Paris / Ottawa / United States / New York / France / Canada
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
67. Anne de Rabaudy de Montoussin, comtesse de Cérès (?), by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. 1784 (Toledo Museum of Art; exh. Grand Palais, Paris)
Attributed works:
68. Hubert Robert, by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. 1788 (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Grand Palais, Paris)
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