Saturday: New Orleans Museum of Art
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dragoness_eThis last Saturday, Becky and I went visiting the New Orleans Museum of Art. (NOMA) As usual, I ran out of steam before seeing everything, so I'll have to get the Egyptian glasses and the medieval Italian paintings some other time.
NOMA has a Fabergé collection, and periodically showcases pieces from private collections. This time, there was a fine collection of small personal items, paperweights and figurines.
Snuff box
Ruby, diamonds, gold, enamel.
Lapis-lazuli cigarette case
Lapis-lazuli, diamond, platinum
Lacloche Frères, Paris, ca 1920-1925
A really awesome paperweight
Snake is silver, rock is Persian turquoise.
Tiger-eye Cigarette case
If you have to destroy your lungs, do it with style!
Jasper? Anteater figurine
"Marie Antoinette" by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun
I find this portrait particularly interesting because the artist was Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun, a renowned female French artist of the 18th century.
Following are the two works by the French orientalist Jean-Léon Gérôme that I uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, as mentioned in a previous post.
"The Snake Charmer"
Not to be confused with the more famous painting of the same name, by the same artist.
"Turkish Bashi-Bazouk Mercentaries Playing Chess in the Market"
Painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
One of my favorite 19th century artists. I forgot the title of this one.
After the Meijei Restoration and the opening of Japan, Japanese exports became available in the 1870s, and things Japanese became very fashionable in the West. Many artists, including Toulouse-Latrec and others, were inspired by Japanese wood-block prints. So, too, were furniture makers.
Japonisme cabinet
This cabinet was made in Philadelphia. It is decorated with imported Oriental vases and figurines typical of 1870s imports that a fancier might collect.
Next time: Chinese snuff bottles & Earth spirits...
Fabergé
NOMA has a Fabergé collection, and periodically showcases pieces from private collections. This time, there was a fine collection of small personal items, paperweights and figurines.
Snuff box
Ruby, diamonds, gold, enamel.
Lapis-lazuli cigarette case
Lapis-lazuli, diamond, platinum
Lacloche Frères, Paris, ca 1920-1925
A really awesome paperweight
Snake is silver, rock is Persian turquoise.
Tiger-eye Cigarette case
If you have to destroy your lungs, do it with style!
Jasper? Anteater figurine
French Artists
"Marie Antoinette" by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun
I find this portrait particularly interesting because the artist was Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun, a renowned female French artist of the 18th century.
Following are the two works by the French orientalist Jean-Léon Gérôme that I uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, as mentioned in a previous post.
"The Snake Charmer"
Not to be confused with the more famous painting of the same name, by the same artist.
"Turkish Bashi-Bazouk Mercentaries Playing Chess in the Market"
Painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
One of my favorite 19th century artists. I forgot the title of this one.
Japonisme
After the Meijei Restoration and the opening of Japan, Japanese exports became available in the 1870s, and things Japanese became very fashionable in the West. Many artists, including Toulouse-Latrec and others, were inspired by Japanese wood-block prints. So, too, were furniture makers.
Japonisme cabinet
This cabinet was made in Philadelphia. It is decorated with imported Oriental vases and figurines typical of 1870s imports that a fancier might collect.
Next time: Chinese snuff bottles & Earth spirits...
