Jun 22
Albert de Belleroche (Welsh, 1864-1944), The Dining Room of John Singer Sargent, c. 1884, oil on canvas.
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Lebanon
seen from China
seen from Türkiye
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Russia
seen from Yemen
seen from South Korea
seen from Italy
seen from Italy
seen from Brazil
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from Ireland
seen from United States
seen from United Kingdom
Albert de Belleroche (Welsh, 1864-1944), The Dining Room of John Singer Sargent, c. 1884, oil on canvas.
A Lady Reading
Artist: Gwen John (Welsh, 1876–1939)
Date: ca. 1910-11911
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
About the Artist: Gwendolen Gwen Mary John was a Welsh artist who worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely related tones. Although in her lifetime, John's work was overshadowed by that of her brother Augustus and her mentor and lover Auguste Rodin, awareness and esteem for John's artistic contributions has grown considerably since her death.
Flora Macdonald
Artist: Richard Wilson (Welsh, 1714-1782)
Date: 1747
Medium: oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Flora Macdonald
Flora MacDonald (1722-1790), was a young woman from the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Here, in 1746, she met Prince Charles Edward Stuart, fleeing following his defeat at the Battle of Culloden. She disguised him as a maidservant, 'Bettie Burke', and helped him to escape by boat to the Isle of Skye. Flora was imprisoned for a time in London, and her bravery made her a celebrity. Her portrait was painted, she was the subject of poetry and she met Frederick, Prince of Wales. She later spent five years living in North Carolina, in the United States, where her husband fought on the British side in the American Wars of Independence.
Sweet Idleness (Dolce far Niente)
Artist: Sir Frank William Brangwyn (Welsh, 1867–1956)
Date: 1893
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, United States
Gwen John
Cat
c. 1904-1908
Landscape with Phaeton's Petition to Apollo
Artist: Richard Wilson (Welsh, 1714-1782)
Date: c. 1763-1767
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England
Description
In his poem 'Metamorphoses', the Roman poet Ovid retold the story of Phaeton, who petitioned his father Apollo, the Sun God, to let him drive his chariot across the sky for one day. As Apollo feared, Phaeton was unable to control the chariot, and in order to save the world Jupiter was forced to destroy him with a thunderbolt.
Lake Albano
Artist: Thomas Jones (Welsh, 1742–1803)
Date: 1777
Medium: oil on canvas
Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Description
Following in the footsteps of his teacher Richard Wilson, Thomas Jones traveled to Italy in 1776, remaining there until 1783. Jones first visited Lake Albano in December 1776, finding the region “without doubt the most pleasing in the whole world.”
Albano is a volcanic lake that sits below Castel Gandolfo, once believed to be the birthplace of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome.
Deffroad Cymru (The Awakening of Wales), 1911
By Christopher Williams
