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1860 In Art
Events from the year 1860 in art. Events * February 28 – The Artists Rifles is established as a volunteer corps of the British Army with headquarters at Burlington House in London. * May 23 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti marries his model Elizabeth Siddal in Hastings and they depart on honeymoon to Paris. * December 30 – ''Towarzystwo Zachęty do Sztuk Pięknych'' ("Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts") holds its first meeting in Warsaw. * Founding of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Awards * Grand Prix de Rome, painting: Ernest Michel * Grand Prix de Rome, sculpture: Barthélemy Raymond * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Joseph Louis Achille Joyau * Grand Prix de Rome, music: Emile Paladilhe Works * Lawrence Alma-Tadema – '' A Bargain: Brabant Women'' * Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry – ''Charlotte Corday'' * Edward Burne-Jones – ''Clara von Bork'' and ''Sidonia von Bork'' * Paul Cézanne - ''The Four Seasons'' * Edgar Degas – '' Young Spartans Exercising'' (begun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
February 28
Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés. 1601–1900 *1638 – The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh. *1835 – Elias Lönnrot signed and dated the first version of the ''Kalevala'', the so-called foreword to the ''Old Kalevala''. 1901–present *1922 – The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence. *1925 – The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America. * 1947 – February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians. * 1948 – Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshige II
was a Japanese designer of ukiyo-e art. He inherited the name Hiroshige II following the death in 1858 of his master Hiroshige, whose daughter he married. In 1865 he moved from Edo to Yokohama after dissolving his marriage and began using the name Kisai Risshō (喜斎立祥; alternate pronunciation: Ryūshō). His work so resembles that of his master that scholars have often confused them. Life and career Born Suzuki Chinpei () in 1826, it is said that he was born to a fireman, as was his master Hiroshige to whom he became apprenticed under the name Shigenobu at an unknown age. His earliest known work is the illustrations for a book called ''Twenty-four Paragons of Japan and China'' from 1849. Hiroshige II produced a large number of commissioned work in the 1850s in the style of the elder Hiroshige, and often signed his work ''Ichiryūsai mon'' ("student of Ichiryūsai", another art name of Hiroshige I's), and from to 1858 simply as Ichiryūsai. In 1858, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Hayez
Francesco Hayez (; 10 February 1791 – 12 February 1882) was an Italian painter. He is considered one of the leading artists of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, and is renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories, and portraits. Biography Francesco Hayez was from a relatively poor family from Venice. His father, Giovanni, was of French origin while his mother, Chiara Torcella, was from Murano. Francesco was the youngest of five sons. He was brought up by his mother's sister, who had married Giovanni Binasco, a well-off shipowner and art collector. Hayez displayed a predisposition for drawing since childhood. His uncle, having noticed his precocious talent, apprenticed him to an art restorer in Venice. Hayez would later become a pupil of the painter Francesco Maggiotto with whom he continued his studies for three years. He was admitted to the painting course of the New Academy of Fine Arts in Venice in 1806, where he studied under Teodoro Matteini. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pegwell Bay, Kent – A Recollection Of October 5th 1858
''Pegwell Bay, Kent – a Recollection of October 5th 1858'' is an oil-on-canvas painting by British artist William Dyce, depicting the landscape at Pegwell Bay, on the east coast of Kent. Considered a Pre-Raphaelite work, Dyce employs a mode of heightened realism and intricate detail to create a powerful landscape. It is considered to be Dyce's best painting, and is held by the Tate Gallery. Background Dyce was born in Aberdeen, where his father was a doctor. An Anglo-Catholic, he had previously painted mainly portraits, religious paintings, and some murals in the rebuilt Houses of Parliament. Dyce was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1844 and a full member of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1848. Painting The painting was inspired by a visit by the Dyce family to Pegwell Bay in August 1857. Pegwell Bay is a shallow inlet on the coast of Kent between Ramsgate and Sandwich, at the estuary of the River Stour, Kent. It was a popular Victorian holiday destinatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dyce
William Dyce (; 19 September 1806 in Aberdeen14 February 1864) was a Scottish painter, who played a part in the formation of public art education in the United Kingdom, and the South Kensington Schools system. Dyce was associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and played a part in their early popularity. Life Dyce was born on the 19 September 1806 at 48 Marischal Street in Aberdeen, the son of Dr William Dyce of Fonthill and Cuttlehill FRSE (1770–1835) and Margaret Chalmers of Westburn (1776–1856). His uncle was General Alexander Dyce FRSE (died 1834). His older brother was Prof Robert Dyce FRSE. After studying at Marischal College, Dyce early showed an aptitude for design and began his artistic career at the Royal Academy schools in Edinburgh and London. He travelled to Rome for the first time in 1825, and while there he studied the works of Titian and Poussin. He returned to Aberdeen after nine months, and painted several pictures, including ''Bacchus nursed by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Spartans Exercising
''Young Spartans Exercising'', also known as ''Young Spartans'' and as ''Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys'', is an early oil on canvas painting by French impressionist artist Edgar Degas. The work depicts two groups of male and female Spartan youth exercising and challenging each other in some way. The work was purchased by the trustees of the Courtauld fund in 1924 and is now in the permanent collection of the National Gallery in London. Description The painting depicts as its subject matter two groups of adolescents, five girls (one of which is almost entirely obscured by the others) and five boys, with the girls apparently taunting or beckoning the boys. The girls are positioned on the left side of the painting and the boys on the right, while in the background stands a group of women and one man (identified as the mothers of the children and Lycurgus) watching them. The women are fully clothed, while the girls and the man are topless and the boys are entirely nude. Behind t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas (, ; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, ; 19 July 183427 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings. Degas also produced bronze sculptures, prints and drawings. Degas is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers. Although Degas is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism, he rejected the term, preferring to be called a realist,Gordon and Forge 1988, p. 31 and did not paint outdoors as many Impressionists did. Degas was a superb draftsman, and particularly masterly in depicting movement, as can be seen in his rendition of dancers and bathing female nudes. In addition to ballet dancers and bathing women, Degas painted racehorses and racing jockeys, as well as portraits. His portraits are notable for their psychological complexity and their portrayal of human isolation. At the beginning of his career, Degas wanted to be a history painter, a calling f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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