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Angela Mackail 1915 Private collection: Simon MacInnes Unknown |
From: angelathirkell.org
ANGELA
[MACKAIL] THIRKELL (1890 - 1961) Angela Margaret Mackail
was born on January 30, 1890 at 27 Young Street, Kensington Square, London. Her
grandfather was Sir Edward Burne-Jones the pre-Raphaelite painter and partner
in the design firm of Morris and Company for whom he designed many stained
glass windows - seven of... | GA | igrkio | |
Angels, after a relief, Church of Los Jeronimos, Granada 1893-1916 |
From: Harvard
Clear wax
used as a resist to produce white highlights.
The subject
of this watercolor has been identified by Mary Crawford Volk (unpublished
letter in the drawing department's curatorial files,16 July 1990) as a relief panel
in the 16th-century "retablo" of the Church of Los Jer—nimos in
Granada. According to the diary entry of... | GA | igrkio | |
Anthony Asquith c. 1908 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Anthony
Asquith "Puffin" (1902-1968), youngest son of Herbert Henry and
Margot Asquith, Count and Countess of Oxford.
His father
was the British Prime Minister and he grew up in 10 Downing Street from when he
was six years old to fifteen (1908-1916).
To the
dismay of his political father, however, he didn’t take after his half
siblings who... | GA | igrkio | |
Antonio Mancini c.1898 Galleria Nazional d'Arte Moderna Rome, Italy | GA | igrkio | ||
Apollo 1921-1925 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | ||
Apollo (2) 1921-1925 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | ||
Apollo (Study for Apollo and Daphne) c. 1918-20 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio | ||
Apollo and the Muses 1921 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
Apollo is
the god of light, the patron of music and fine arts. Often in his attendance
are the muses. Earlier numbers were unclear but the Greeks finally established
nine muses in mythology:
1.
Calliope,
the Muse of epic poetry
2.
Clio,
the Muse of history
3.
Polyhymnia, the Muse of... | GA | igrkio | |
Arab Gypsies in a Tent 1905-06 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | GA | igrkio | ||
Arab Stable 1905-06 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent