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Becoming ‘obeliscal’: Van Gogh, ancient Egypt and the global Orient – II: obelisks
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 394-411
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Hall, James (Hall, James)
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1. Landscape in Provence by night, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Oil on canvas, 90.6 by 72 cm. (Kröller-Muller Museum, Otterlo; Bridgeman Images).
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10. Orchard in blossom, bordered by cypresses, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Oil on canvas, 64.9 by 81.2 cm. (Kröller-Muller Museum, Otterlo).
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11. Cypresses and two women, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Oil on canvas, 91.6 by 72.4 cm. (Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo; Bridgeman Images).
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12. Statue of a married couple. Egyptian (Giza), 2620–2500 BC. 97.7 by 48 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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13. Landscape with cottages and boundary post on the Spaarndammerdijk (‘L’Obelisque’), by Rembrandt. c.1650. Etching and drypoint, 8.2 (arched) by 16.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
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14. Starry night, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 73.7 by 92.1 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, New York; Bridgeman Images).
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15. The Simplest Egyptian house (ground plan), 1875. Engraving, 6.5 by 3.5 cm. (From E.-E. Viollet-le-Duc: Histoire de l’Habitation Humaine: depuis les temps préhistoriques jusqu’à nos jours, Paris 1875, p.90, fig.33: A Garden. B Food Store. C Latrines. D Pigeons. E Chickens. F Medicines. G Courtyard. H and I Bedrooms).
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16. The simplest Egyptian house, 1875. Engraving, 10 by 9 cm. (From E.-E. Viollet-le-Duc: Histoire de l’Habitation Humaine: depuis les temps préhistoriques jusqu’à nos jours, Paris 1875, p.91, fig.34).
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17. Egyptian House at the Exposition Universelle, by Charles Garnier. 1889. (Photograph by G. Massiot & cie).
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18. The raising of the Luxor obelisk. 1836. Gilt bronze inset into the granite base of the Luxor obelisk, place de la Concorde, Paris. (Wikicommons).
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19. Height of the Eiffel Tower compared with the world’s principal monuments. Engraving. (From G. Tissandier: La Tour Eiffel de 300 mètres: description du monument, sa construction, ses organes mécaniques, son but et son utilité, Paris 1889, p.3, fig.1).
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2. The place de la République, Arles, with the obelisk fountain and the Church of Sainte-Anne. (Photograph Wolfgang Moroder).
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20. The Eiffel Tower, by Georges Seurat. ?1889. Oil on panel, 25.1 by 15.7 cm. (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; NPL – DeA Picture Library; Bridgeman Images).
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21. The illumination of the Eiffel Tower, by Georges Garen. After 6th May 1889. Chromolithograph, 52.5 by 34 cm. (Wikicommons).
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22. Opening of the Exposition Universelle, by M. Gérardin. Engraving. (Le Monde Illustré, 11th May 1889, pp.316–17).
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23. Egyptian head and figure study, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Chalk on paper, 31.4 by 23.9 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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24. Box containing a figurine and a mummified element. Egyptian, 664–332 BC. Paint, wood, linen and human remains, 12.3 by 3.5 by 3.3 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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25. Wheatfield, with cypresses, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 73.2 by 93.4 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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3. Sir Thomas Elyot, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1532–34. Black and coloured chalks, white body colour and brush and ink on pale pink prepared paper, 27.8 by 20.8 cm. (sheet). (Royal Collection Trust / © HM King Charles III 2023).
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4. Self-portrait with portrait of Gauguin, by Émile Bernard. 1888. Oil on canvas, 46 by 56 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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5. Self-portrait dedicated to Paul Gauguin, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Oil on canvas, 61.5 by 50.3 cm. (Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA; Bridgeman Images).
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6. The blue coffee-pot, by Émile Bernard. 1888. Oil on canvas, 55.2 by 45.8 cm. (Kunsthalle, Bremen).
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7. Still-life with blue enamel coffeepot, earthenware and fruit, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Oil on canvas, 65 by 81 cm. (Private collection; Lefevre Fine Art Ltd, London; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Stela of Princess Nefertiabet, with funerary feast. Egyptian, 2590– 2533 BC. Limestone with black, yellow and red paint, 37.7 by 52.5 by 8.3 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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9. A Sunday on the Grande-Jatte, by Georges Seurat. 1884–86. Oil on canvas, 208 by 308 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Millet and Modern Art: From Van Gogh to Dalí. Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 346-348
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Clarke, Michael (Clarke, Michael)
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Millet and Modern Art: From Van Gogh to Dal  Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis 16th February–17th May | :
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21. Archaeological reminiscences of Millet’s Angelus, by Salvador Dalí. c.1934. Oil on panel, 31.8 by 39.4 cm. (Dalí Museum, St Petersburg FL; exh. Saint Louis Art Museum).
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22. In the rice fields, by Angelo Morbilli. 1901. Canvas, 182.9 by 130.2 cm. (Private collection; exh. Saint Louis
Book Review
Enchanted Ground: André Breton, Modernism and the Surrealist Appraisal of Fin-de-Siècle Painting. By Gavin Parkinson
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 81-83
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Richardson, Michael (Richardson, Michael)
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Enchanted Ground: André Breton, Modernism and the Surrealist Appraisal of Fin-de-Siècle Painting By Gavin Parkinson. 352 pp incl. 15 col. + 113 b. & w. ills. (Bloomsbury, London and Oxford, 2018), £102. ISBN 978–1–5013–3725–3. | :
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7. Be in love and you will be happy, by Paul Gauguin. 1889. Wood relief, 95 by 72 by 6.4 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Publication Received
Noir: The Romance of Black in 19th-Century French Drawings and Prints. Edited by Lee Hendrix
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 525-526
Book Review
Gurlitt: Status Report. With contributions by Matthias Freher, Georg Kreis, et al.
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 436-437
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Chojnacka, Monica (Chojnacka, Monica)
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8. Sea in stormy weather, by Edouard Manet. 1873. Canvas, 55 by 72.5 cm. (Kunstmuseum Bern).
Book Review
Georges Seurat: The Art of Vision. By Michelle Foa
12/2017 | 1377 | 159
Pages: 997-998
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53. Chahut, by Georges Seurat. 1889–90 (Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo).
Exhibition Review
Neo-Impressionism
01/2015 | 1342 | 157
Pages: 61-21
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Whitfield, Sarah (Whitfield, Sarah; Whitfield, Mrs)
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76. Woman singing in a café chantant, by Georges Seurat (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; exh. Phillips Collection, Washington)
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77. Setting sun, sardine fishing. Adagio. Opus 221, by Paul Signac (Museum of Modern Art, New York; exh. Phillips Collection, Washington)
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78. The flock of sheep, Eragny, by Camille Pissarro (Private collection; exh. Phillips Collection, Washington)
Exhibition Review
The Neo-Impressionist portrait
07/2014 | 1336 | 156
Pages: 491-493
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Thomson, Belinda (Thomson, Belinda)
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93. Portrait of my mother, opus 235, by Paul Signac (Private collection; exh. Indianapolis Museum of Art)
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94. The boot polisher, by Henri Delavallée (Robert Polo Gallery, Brussels; exh. Indianapolis Museum of Art)
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95. Portrait of Emile Verhaeren in his study, by Théo van Rysselberghe (Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, Brussels; exh. Indianapolis Museum of Art)
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96. Jan Toorop, by Georges Lemmen (Stichting Hannema-de Stuers Fundatie, Heino; exh. Indianapolis Museum of Art)
Article
Seurat’s hidden self-portrait
04/2014 | 1333 | 156
Pages: 240-241
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Burnstock, Aviva (Burnstock, Aviva)
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Serres, Karen (Serres, Karen)
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40. Young woman powdering herself, by Georges Seurat (Samuel Courtauld Trust, Courtauld Gallery, London)
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41. Georges Seurat (Current location unknown; image courtesy of the Witt Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London)
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42. Detail from an infra-red scan of Fig. 40 taken at 1700 nm, showing the underlying image of the artist at his easel underneath the flowers
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43. Detail of an X-radiograph of Fig. 40 taken at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London
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