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From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story brings together for the first time an extraordinary group of art and artifacts to illustrate the intriguing stories behind the magnificent gift to the City from the Walters family. The dramatic new installation features 200 works chosen for their beauty and craftsmanship as well as never-before-seen Walters family photographs and historic material culled from the museum's archives. At the end of the installation, which celebrates the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Walters Art Museum, visitors are invited to consider the impact of giving on our community today.
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WALRY1_191103_096.JPG: Christ on the Cross, 1846
Eugene Delacroix
WALRY1_191103_101.JPG: Sketch for the Battle of Poitiers, 1829-30
Eugene Delacroix
WALRY1_191103_108.JPG: An Arab Sheik, ca 1870
Leon Bonnat
WALRY1_191103_113.JPG: Interior of a Mosque at Cordova, 1880
Edwin Lord Weeks
WALRY1_191103_132.JPG: Broadening Horizons
WALRY1_191103_134.JPG: Hindu Snake Charmer, 1869
Mariano Jose Maria Bernardo Fortuny y Carbo
WALRY1_191103_139.JPG: Arab Fantasia, 1867
Mariano Jose Maria Bernardo Fortuny y Carbo
WALRY1_191103_147.JPG: Collision of the Moorish Horsemen, 1843-44
Eugene Delacroix
WALRY1_191103_156.JPG: Surtout de Table: Tiger Hunt, 1834-36
Antoine-Louis Barye
WALRY1_191103_160.JPG: The Slipper Merchant, 1872
Jose Villegas Cordero
WALRY1_191103_163.JPG: Two Profile Heads of a Young Woman (Nasleh), before 1878
Leopold Carl Muller
WALRY1_191103_173.JPG: Said Abdullah of the Mayac, Kingdom of the Darfur (Sudan), 1848
African Venus, 1851
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier
WALRY1_191103_182.JPG: On the Desert, before 1867
Jean-Leon Gerome
WALRY1_191103_189.JPG: Odalisque with Slave, 1842
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
WALRY1_191103_195.JPG: When you shall these unlucky deeds relate,
Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate,
Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak
360Of one that loved not wisely, but too well.
Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought,
Perplexed in the extreme. Of one whose hand,
Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away
Richer than all his tribe. Of one whose subdued eyes,
365Albeit unused to the melting mood,
Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees
Their medicinal gum.
-- William Shakespeare, Othello, Act 5, scene 2
WALRY1_191103_199.JPG: Othello, modeled ca 1868, this version executed ca 1873
Pietro Calvi
WALRY1_191103_210.JPG: Collecting French Landscape Paintings
WALRY1_191103_216.JPG: The Jungfrau, Switzerland, 1853-55
Alexandre Calame
WALRY1_191103_221.JPG: The Storm, 1872
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Pena
WALRY1_191103_321.JPG: A Roman Slave Market, ca 1884
Jean-Leon Gerome
WALRY1_191103_327.JPG: The Peachbloom Vase (The Morgan Vase), 1710-22
Chinese
WALRY1_191103_330.JPG: An Obsession for Collecting
WALRY1_191103_332.JPG: The Tulip Folly, 1882
Jean-Leon Gerome
WALRY1_191103_338.JPG: The Duel After the Masquerade, 1856-59
Jean-Leon Gerome
WALRY1_191103_343.JPG: The Death of Caesar, 1859-67
Jean-Leon Gerome
The Death of Caesar
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Death of Caesar (French: La Mort de César) is an 1867 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. It depicts the moment after the assassination of Julius Caesar, when the jubilant conspirators are walking away from Caesar's dead body at the Theatre of Pompey, on the Ides of March (March 15), 44 BC. The painting is kept at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.
Characteristically, Gérôme has depicted not the incident itself, but its immediate aftermath. The illusion of reality that Gérôme imparted to his paintings with his smooth, polished technique led one critic to comment, "If photography had existed in Caesar's day, one could believe that the picture was painted from a photograph taken on the spot at the very moment of the catastrophe."
Gérôme's depiction of the aftermath of violence can also be seen in The Execution of Marshal Ney, The Duel After the Masquerade, and Jerusalem.
WALRY1_191103_353.JPG: The Triumph of Titus: AD 71, The Flavians, 1885
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
In this canvas, the artist shows Titus returning to Rome in triumph following his capture of Jerusalem in AD 70. His father, Emperor Vespasian, clad in a white toga, leads the procession. Titus comes next, holding the hand of his daughter, Julia, who turns to address her father's younger brother and successor, Domitian. In the background is the Temple of Jupiter Victor. Among the spoils from Jerusalem is a 7-branched candlestick from the temple. Alma-Tadema depicted these events by drawing on classical sources, like the reliefs on of the Arch of Titus and on the latest 19th-century scholarship regarding everyday life in Rome.
WALRY1_191103_358.JPG: My Sister is Not In, 1879
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Alma-Tadema was born in Friesland, the Netherlands, but was trained in Belgium. After the death of his first wife in 1870, he moved to London where he developed a reputation for his seemingly accurate reconstructions of genre scenes set in ancient Rome. Here, a Roman maiden closes a curtain in an unconvincing attempt to conceal her sister from a suitor. Alma-Tadema's wealthy British patrons could readily relate to the individuals he portrays: members of the upper class in an era of affluence.
WALRY1_191103_367.JPG: A Roman Emperor: AD 41, 1871
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
In AD 41, the debauched Roman emperor Caligula was murdered. Gratus, a member of the Praetorian, draws a curtain aside to reveal the terrified Claudius who is hailed as emperor on the spot. Beneath the herm in the background, lie the bodies of Caligula, his wife Caesonia, their young daughter and a bystander. The blood stains on the herm denote the struggle that has transpired as well as the setting, the Hermaeum, an apartment in the Palace where Claudius had sought refuge. Opus LXXXVIII
WALRY1_191103_380.JPG: The Edicts of Charles V, 1861
Jean August Hendrik Leys
WALRY1_191103_384.JPG: 1814, 1862
Jean Louis Meissonier
WALRY1_191103_390.JPG: The Jovial Trooper, 1865
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
WALRY1_191103_394.JPG: "Jet Pump" Garden Fountain, ca 1904
Okagaki Sessei
WALRY1_191103_399.JPG: Portrait of Henry Walters, 1938
Thomas Cromwell Corner
WALRY1_191103_408.JPG: The Attack at Dawn, 1877
Alphonse de Neuville
The scene is a French town in the Jura region, near the Swiss border. As a bugler sounds the alarm, French troops (Algerian riflemen and members of the Garde Mobile) rush from an inn to defend themselves from the advancing Prussians. Rather than dwelling on France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), de Neuville, a veteran of the war, specialized in works glorifying his country's heroic resistance rather than its military defeat. He took exceptional efforts to re-create the subjects factually, revisiting the battlefields and studying the weapons, uniforms, and other paraphernalia of war.
WALRY1_191103_420.JPG: Military Courage, modeled 1876
Paul Dubois
WALRY1_191103_424.JPG: The River Gods, modeled 1866-67
Antoine-Louis Barye
WALRY1_191103_428.JPG: The River Gods, modeled 1866-67
Antoine-Louis Barye
WALRY1_191103_439.JPG: The Cherry Picker, 1871
William-Adolphe Bouguerreau
WALRY1_191103_443.JPG: View of Saint Mammes, 1880
Alfred Sisley
WALRY1_191103_449.JPG: The Church of Eragny, 1884
Camille Pissaro
WALRY1_191103_456.JPG: Route to Versailles, Louveciennes, 1869
Camille Pissarro
WALRY1_191103_461.JPG: The Jungfrau, Switzerland, 1853-55
Alexander Calame
WALRY1_191103_466.JPG: The Storm, 1872
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Pena
WALRY1_191103_470.JPG: The Coming Storm, 1865-75
Charles Francois Daubigny
WALRY1_191103_479.JPG: A Bright Day, ca 1835-40
Jules Dupre
WALRY1_191103_484.JPG: Springtime, 1872
Claude Monet
WALRY1_191103_489.JPG: The room you are about to enter recreates William T. Walters' picture gallery as recorded in this archival photograph from about 1884.
WALRY1_191103_504.JPG: The Health of the King
F. Willems
WALRY1_191103_505.JPG: Boutique of Figaro, 1875
J. Jiminez Aranda
WALRY1_191103_509.JPG: Palm Sunday
Alfred Stevens
WALRY1_191103_511.JPG: The Approach of the Storm, 1873
E. Van Marcke
WALRY1_191103_513.JPG: Sunset on the Coast of France, 1865
C.F. Daubigny
WALRY1_191103_514.JPG: An Encampment in the Atlas Mountains
E. Fromentin
WALRY1_191103_520.JPG: Still Life, 1852
Simon Saint-Jean
WALRY1_191103_527.JPG: Still Life, 1852
Simon Saint-Jean
WALRY1_191103_530.JPG: Prayer
A.E. Plassan
WALRY1_191103_537.JPG: Diogenes, 1860
J.L. Gerome
WALRY1_191103_540.JPG: The Waning Honeymoon, 1878
G.H. A.R.A. Boughton
WALRY1_191103_546.JPG: In the Trenches, 1874
Alphonse de Neuville
Members of the Garde Mobile (French expeditionary forces) are huddled in a shallow trench during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. De Neuville has conveyed the general misery and tedium between battles that is associated with trench warfare. The artist complained that his dealer, Alphonse Goupil, wanted more flattering, less disturbing subjects and refused to pay him more than 6,000 francs, a small fee, for this painting. De Neuville entered the naval school at Lorient in 1856, where his artistic instincts began. His work focuses on war, battle scenes, and soldiers. He also illustrated "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and Guizot's "History of France" as well as others. He also studied under Eugène Delacroix.
WALRY1_191103_555.JPG: Early Morning
E. Van Marcke
WALRY1_191103_557.JPG: The Artist, By Himself
C.L. Elliott
WALRY1_191103_561.JPG: Portrait of A.B. Durand, N.A.
C.L. Elliott
WALRY1_191103_563.JPG: A Portrait, 1873
Geo. A. Baker
WALRY1_191103_566.JPG: Clearing Up -- Coast of Sicily, 1847
Andreas Achenbach
WALRY1_191103_569.JPG: A Portrait, 1852
Chas. L. Muller
WALRY1_191103_574.JPG: Portrait of Napoleon III
A. Yvon
WALRY1_191103_577.JPG: Power of Music, 1860
Louis Gallait
A letter written by the artist to William Walters dated July 20, 1860 illuminates the subject of this painting. It shows a brother and sister resting before an old tomb. The brother is attempting to comfort his sibling by playing the violin, and she has fallen into a deep sleep, "oblivious of all grief, mental and physical." This composition exists in at least one other version, now preserved at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. A closely related reduced replica was given to the Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique by a descendant of the artist. The melancholic subject's popularity is attested by its reproduction on a porcelain plaque manufactured by the Royal Porcelain Factory, Berlin.
WALRY1_191103_580.JPG: Repose
C. Troyon
WALRY1_191103_584.JPG: Sappho, 1881
L.R.A. Alma-Tadema
In 1870, the Dutch-born, Belgian-trained artist Alma-Tadema moved to London, where he found a ready market among the wealthy middle classes for paintings re-creating scenes of domestic life in imperial Roman times. In this work, however, he turns to early Greece to illustrate a passage by the ancient Greek poet Hermesianax (active ca. 330 BC) preserved in Atheneaus, Deipnosophistae, "Banquet of the Learned," book 2, line 598. On the island of Lesbos (Mytilene), in the late 7th century BC, Sappho and her companions listen rapturously as the poet Alcaeus plays a "kithara." Striving for verisimilitude, Alma-Tadema copied the marble seating of the Theater of Dionysos in Athens, although he substituted the names of members of Sappho's sorority for those of the officials incised on the Athenian prototype.
WALRY1_191103_594.JPG: Morning
Felix Ziem
WALRY1_191103_598.JPG: The Old Oak
Jules Dupre
WALRY1_191103_601.JPG: Evening
Felix Ziem
WALRY1_191103_605.JPG: The HopelessCase, 1871
Ant. Rotta
WALRY1_191103_614.JPG: The Evening Star
J.B.C. Corot
WALRY1_191103_615.JPG: Interior of a Tavern
F. Bonvin
WALRY1_191103_617.JPG: A Portrait [William T. Walters], 1883
Leon Bonnat
WALRY1_191103_620.JPG: Mud Pies, 1873
I. Prof. Knaus
WALRY1_191103_624.JPG: Syria -- The Night Watch, 1880
R.A. Riviere
In 1880 this picture, a moonlit scene in which ferocious looking lions stalk among some ancient ruins, met with a favorable reception at the Royal Academy, where it was listed simply as "The Night Watch." The reviewer for "The Art Journal" identified the setting as a temple at Luxor. The rows of columns with bud and papyriform capitals approximate in appearance those at the mortuary temple of Ramesses II at that site. By 1884 the picture had received its present title. Extracts from a letter presumably from the artist to William T. Walters, published in the early catalogues of the collection, associated the painting with Syria and its desolated ancient cities. In 1889 the critic Alfred Mathews observed that the picture was "a sermon- an intense symbolism- of the seeming slow but always swift mutations of time in the affairs of men and nations."
WALRY1_191103_636.JPG: The Picket, 1875
E. Detaille
WALRY1_191103_639.JPG: Venice, 1878
M. Rico
WALRY1_191103_645.JPG: The Martrydom of St. Sebastian, 1853
J.B.C. Corot
WALRY1_191103_647.JPG: Lost Illusions
Charles Gleyre
Gleyre claimed that "Lost Illusions" represented a vision that he had experienced on the evening of March 1, 1835, while sitting on the banks of the Nile River near Abydos, Egypt. An aging poet watches pensively as a mysterious boat carries away his youthful dreams and illusions, personified by music-making maidens and a cupid strewing flowers. Although the figures in the painting wear classical Greek dress, their vessel resembles a "dahabieh," an Egyptian river boat. In 1843, Gleyre succeeded Paul Delaroche as the head of the major private studio in Paris. His pupils included such diverse figures as the Academic artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, the future Impressionists Alfred Sisley and Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), and the American James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1904). This painting, begun by Gleyre's pupil Léon Dussart and reworked by Gleyre himself, replicates Gleyre's masterpiece "Le Soir" (now in the Louvre Museum, Paris). William Walters commissioned this painting from the artist through the Parisian art dealers Goupil & Cie. in 1865. It took two years to complete. Conscious of the delay, the firm wrote to Walters: Mr. Gleyre has finally nearly finished his reproduction of his picture. . . We are happy to be able to tell you that this reproduction is beautifully done. It has taken a long time and has required more trouble from the painter than he thought.
WALRY1_191103_650.JPG: Gathering Oranges, Toledo, 1878
M. Rico
WALRY1_191103_654.JPG: Damascus, 1880
A. Pasini
WALRY1_191103_658.JPG: Peace, 1872
Louis Gallait
WALRY1_191103_671.JPG: Going to the Well
A.A.E. Hebert
WALRY1_191103_673.JPG: Christian Martyrs (The Last Prayer), 1863-1883
J.L. Gerome
William T. Walters commissioned this painting in 1863, but the artist did not deliver it until 20 years later. In a letter to Walters, Gérôme identified the setting as ancient Rome's racecourse, the Circus Maximus. He noted such details as the goal posts and the chariot tracks in the dirt. The seating, however, more closely resembles that of the Colosseum, Rome's amphitheater, in which gladiatorial combats and other spectacles were held. Similarly, the hill in the background surmounted by a colossal statue and a temple is nearer in appearance to the Athenian Acropolis than it is to Rome's Palatine Hill. The artist also commented on the religious fortitude of the victims who were about to suffer martyrdom either by being devoured by the wild beasts or by being smeared with pitch and set ablaze, which also never took place in the Circus Maximus. In this instance, Gérôme, whose paintings were usually admired for their sense of reality, has subordinated historical accuracy to drama. W. M. Brady & Co, New York, in "Drawings and Oil Sketches 1700-1900," 27 January 2009 - 12 February 2009, No. 21, offers "Study for the 'Death of Caesar," an oil on canvas with pen and ink underdrawing, measuring 7 5/8 x 13 in. (19.5 x 33 cm), which formerly belonged to Maurice Aiccardi, Paris. This sketch may be the one that Theophile Gautier alluded to during a visit to the artist's studio in 1858 (G. Ackerman, Jean-Leon Gerome: Monographie revisee 2000, pp. 240-241).
WALRY1_191103_688.JPG: Christ Weeping Over Jerusalem, 1851
Ary Scheffer
WALRY1_191103_691.JPG: At Sea
Jules Dupre
WALRY1_191103_757.JPG: World's Fairs
WALRY1_191103_767.JPG: The Dancer, 1900
Sevres Porcelain Manufactory, modeled by Agathon Leonard
WALRY1_191103_773.JPG: Gatchina Palace Egg, 1901
Peter Carl Faberge and Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin, workmaster
Continuing a practice initiated by his father, Alexander III, Tsar Nicholas II presented this egg to his mother, the dowager empress Marie Fedorovna, on Easter 1901. The egg opens to reveal as a surprise a miniature gold replica of the palace at Gatchina, located 30 miles southwest of St. Petersburg. Built for Count Grigorii Orlov, the palace was acquired by Tsar Paul I and served as the winter residence for Alexander III and Marie Fedorovna. Fabergé's revival of 18th-century enameling techniques, including the application of multiple layers of translucent enamel over "guilloché," or mechanically engraved gold, is demonstrated in the shell of the egg. So meticulously did Fabergé's workmaster, Mikhail Perkhin, execute the palace that one can discern such details as cannons, a flag, a statue of Paul I (1754-1801), and elements of the landscape, including parterres and trees.
WALRY1_191103_782.JPG: Bowl with Chrysanthemum Blossonms, 1900
Namikawa Sosuke
WALRY1_191103_786.JPG: Model of a Pagoda with Famous Scenes, 1915
Komai Metal Studio
WALRY1_191103_794.JPG: Rose Trellis Egg, 1907
Peter Carl Faberge and Henrik Emanuel Wigstrom, workmaster
On April 22, 1907, Tsar Nicholas II presented this egg to his wife, Alexandra Fedorovna, to commemorate the birth of the tsarevich, Alexei Nicholaievich, three years earlier. Because of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, no Imperial Easter eggs had been produced for two years. The egg contained as a surprise a diamond necklace and an ivory miniature portrait of the tsarevich framed in diamonds (now lost). Fabergé's invoice, dated April 21, 1907, listed the egg at 8,300 rubles.
WALRY1_191103_798.JPG: Sketch for a Large Picture in Progress, Representing Allegorically the Great Industrial Meeting of All Nations, A.D. 1851
Sir John Tenniel
WALRY1_191103_807.JPG: The Jewelry of Rene Lalique at World's Fairs
WALRY1_191103_811.JPG: Tiger Necklace, ca 1903
Rene Lalique
WALRY1_191103_819.JPG: Amphitrite, ca 19000
Christofle et Cie, carved by Emile-Philippe Scalliet
The statuette of this goddess of the sea was designed by the sculptor Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié to be cast in silver as the centerpiece for a table of the Duke of Santonia in 1878. Subsequently, Christolf et Cie., a silver company, had several ivory statuettes carved by Emile-Philippe Scalliet based on Mercié's model. This example was exhibited at the Exposition Universelle held in Paris in 1900. The figure is made from three pieces of carved ivory joined together. The two arms are separate sections, with the joins concealed by metal adornments at the mid-upper arms. A pearl is attached to the figure's chest, and two more can be found on the metal base. Four porpoises decorate each corner of the jasper base.
WALRY2_191103_001.JPG: The Hemicycle, 1853
Delaroche (Paul Hippolyte)
This painting replicates Delaroche's most famous work, a mural in oils and wax (1836-41) in the auditorium of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France's most prestigious art school. Delaroche's pupil, Charles Béranger, is thought to have begun this replica in 1841, but the master completed it following his pupil's death in 1853. It provided a basis for L.-P. Henriquel-Dupont's engraving reproducing the composition. Represented are great artists of the past who appear to preside over the awards ceremonies held in the auditorium. Enthroned in the center are the three masters of antiquity-Ictinus the architect, Apelles the painter, and Phidias the sculptor-flanked by personifications of Greek and Gothic art (on the left) and Roman and Renaissance art (on the right). Below, the semi-nude figure of Fame leans forward to distribute laurel wreaths to the recipients of the coveted Grand Prix de Rome, who were entitled to spend 4 to 5 years studying in Rome at the expense of the State. Those European artists from the 13th through the 17th centuries whom Delaroche ranked as the most important are included in his great assembly. To the left are 14 sculptors and a gathering of painters known as colorists and naturalists and, to the right, 13 architects, 2 engravers, and 19 painters distinguished for their drawing. Although many of their names are familiar today, among them Titian, Rembrandt, and Rubens on the left, and Raphael, Michelangelo, and Poussin on the right, others are less so. Notably absent are Botticelli, El Greco, and Vermeer, whose paintings were not rediscovered until later in the century. According to the accounts of the dealer Adolphe Goupil the exceptionally elaborate frame cost 5,000 French francs, or $1,000, a remarkable sum in 1853.
WALRY2_191103_176.JPG: Poultry Market, Tangiers, before 1881
Jose Villegas Cordero
WALRY2_191103_180.JPG: Toreros at Prayer before Entering the Arena, ca 1870
Jehan Georges Vibert
WALRY2_191103_186.JPG: Coming Out of Church, before 1875
Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta
WALRY2_191103_193.JPG: The Ecole des Beaux-Arts
WALRY2_191103_195.JPG: The Musician, 1884
Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret
WALRY2_191103_201.JPG: Napoleon III, ca 1865
Alexandre Cabanel
WALRY2_191103_205.JPG: The End of the Game of Cards, 1865
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
WALRY2_191103_210.JPG: Woman with a Lap Dog, ca 1575-1600
Italian
WALRY2_191103_214.JPG: Allegory of the Element Earth, ca 1580
Leondro da Ponte, called Leandro Bassano
WALRY2_191103_225.JPG: Countess Livia da Porto Thiene and Her Daughter Deidamia, 1552
Paolo Caliari
WALRY2_191103_229.JPG: Maria Salviati with Giulia de' Medici, ca 1539
Jacopo Carucci, called Jacopo da Pontormo
WALRY2_191103_234.JPG: Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, 1522-24
Giulio Romano
WALRY2_191103_239.JPG: Portrait of Pope Pius V, ca 1566
Bartolomeo Passerotti
WALRY2_191103_243.JPG: The Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Peter and Mark and Three Donors, 1510
Giovanni Bellini and workship
WALRY2_191103_245.JPG: Saint Helena, ca 1575
Francesco Morandini, called Il Poppi
WALRY2_191103_249.JPG: The Madonna of the Candelabra, ca 1513
Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, and workshop
WALRY2_191103_254.JPG: Growing the Collection
WALRY2_191103_257.JPG: New Acquisition
Giovanni Boldini's Lady with a Guitar
WALRY2_191103_260.JPG: Lady with a Guitar, ca 1873
Giovanni Boldini
A woman enjoys a moment of quiet reflection, resting her guitar on her thigh. Her brilliantly embroidered bolero -- a short jacket associated with bullfighting -- is lined with red satin, and her pink dress traces the outline of her body. The monogram in the upper right is formed of the letters "L" and "V," but the woman's identity is unknown. The painting evokes the sights and sounds of Spain, and we may imagine that its subject is a flamenco performer. Flamenco -- a folkloric music tradition comprising singing and dancing -- is associated with southern Spain. Boldini and other 19th-century European artists were fascinated by Spain, particularly the southern region, whose culture was shaped by Muslim Arabs; many Europeans viewed it as an exotic locale. In the 1870s, following his relocation to Paris, Boldini painted scenes of Spain on several occasions, inspired by the Spanish painter Mariano Fortuny (1838–74), who worked with free brushstrokes in vibrant color.
WALRY2_191103_267.JPG: Anti-Establishment
WALRY2_191103_269.JPG: Paris Kiosk, 1880-84
Jean Beraud
WALRY2_191103_273.JPG: The Terrace at Saint-Germain, 1875
Alfred Sisley
WALRY2_191103_277.JPG: Before the Race, 1882-84
Edgar Degas
WALRY2_191103_283.JPG: George A. Lucas, 1886
James McNeill Whistler
WALRY2_191103_288.JPG: Mariano Fortuny and His Followers
WALRY2_191103_294.JPG: An Ecclesiastic, ca 1874
Mariano Jose Maria Bernardo Fortuny y Carbo
WALRY2_191103_299.JPG: Politics in an Oyster House, 1848
Richard Caton Woodville
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2019_MD_Walters_Glasgow: MD -- Baltimore -- Walters Art Museum -- Exhibit: Designing the New: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style (253 photos from 2019)
2019_MD_Walters_Contemp: MD -- Baltimore -- Walters Art Museum -- Exhibit: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics (14 photos from 2019)
2019_MD_Walters_Ceramics: MD -- Baltimore -- Walters Art Museum -- Exhibit: Ceramics: Materials and Techniques (65 photos from 2019)
2019_MD_Walters_BooksAN: MD -- Baltimore -- Walters Art Museum -- Exhibit: From Mucha To Morris: Books of the Art Nouveau (10 photos from 2019)
2019 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000.
Trips this year:
a four-day jaunt to Massachusetts (Boston, Stockbridge, and Springfield) to experience rain in another state,
Asheville, NC to visit Dad and his wife Dixie,
four trips to New York City (including the United Nations, Flushing, and the New York Comic-Con), and
my 14th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con (including sites in Utah).
Number of photos taken this year: about 582,000.
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