Commissioned for the Chapel of San José in Toledo by MartÃn RamÃrez, a namesake of the saint and donor of the chapel, Saint Martin and the Beggar was part of one of the artist’s most successful ensembles. The saint, who lived during the reign of Constantine the Great, was a member of the imperial cavalry stationed near Amiens, in Gaul.
Bibliography 1845 Amador de los Rios, José.
Mark Rothko made more than 1,000 paintings on paper. Get an inside look at his methods and materials.
Liberman photography archive, ca. 1925-ca. 1998, The Getty Research Institute, Los
After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for six months with Pieter Lastman (1583–1633), a famous history painter. Upon completion of his training Rembrandt returned to Leiden.
Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2005, no. 2, repro.
Among the most memorable characters in Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s hugely popular novel The Last Days of Pompeii (1834) is Nydia, a blind flower seller. In love with the noble-born Glaucus, who is engaged to Ione, Nydia knows the hopelessness of her position and endures her suffering with quiet courage.
.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008-2009, no. 125, repro.
Vuillard belonged to a quasi-mystical group of young artists that arose in about 1890 and called themselves the Nabi, a Hebrew word for prophet. The Nabi rejected impressionism and considered simple transcription of the appearance of the natural world unthinking and unartistic.
Expressionism in Germany and France: From Van Gogh to Kandinsky, Kunsthaus Zürich; Los
Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Los
Four everyday Americans were the subject of her famous photographs. Discover the heartbreak and suffering they faced at crucial points in American history.
Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 98.XM.162 Florence Thompson and her daughters Norma
.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1998-1999, not in catalogue (shown only in Washington
Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1998-1999, no. 3, repro. 2011 HeroÃnas [Heroines
John Marin was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, the son of an accountant. His mother died shortly after he was born, and he was raised by his maternal grandparents and two aunts in Weehawken, directly across the Hudson River from New York City.
The Art Galleries, University of California, Los Angeles, 1955. 1969 Zigrosser
