Which Impressionist artist painted The Card Players circa 1892-4?
"works, ""The Card Players,"" was released as a four-color postage stamp by the French government in recognition of the loss. All of the paintings were recovered after a paid ransom several months later. The other two-player paintings are in the Courtauld Institute of Art in London and in a private collection. In February 2012, ""Vanity Fair"" reported that the royal family of Qatar had, during 2011, purchased their version of the painting for a record price variously estimated at between $250 million and $320 million from the private collection of Greek shipping magnate George Embiricos. Cézanne created a substantial number"
"The Card Players II The Card Players II (Slovenian: Kvartopirci II) is a painting by the 17th-century Dutch artist Almanach. It is painted in oil on canvas and has dimensions of 147 x 2855 cm. The painting is in the collection of the National Gallery of Slovenia in Ljubljana, which purchased it in 1995. The composition is closely related to the ""Cheerful Company at Table"" (""The Card Players I""), also in the National Gallery of Slovenia. The group are playing the Italian game of trappola. On the table is a rolled piece of tobacco. The painting shows the influence of"
"Benjamin, the title ""The Chess Players"" curiously leaves Eakins' father out of the narrative of the picture. The Chess Players (Eakins painting) The Chess Players is an 1876 genre painting by Thomas Eakins, Goodrich catalogue #96. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is a small oil on wood panel depicting Eakins' father Benjamin observing a chess match. The two players are Bertrand Gardel (at left), an elderly French teacher, and the somewhat younger George Holmes, a painter. The men are in a dark, wood-panelled Victorian parlour with a quality of light suggesting late afternoon."
"The Chess Players (Eakins painting) The Chess Players is an 1876 genre painting by Thomas Eakins, Goodrich catalogue #96. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is a small oil on wood panel depicting Eakins' father Benjamin observing a chess match. The two players are Bertrand Gardel (at left), an elderly French teacher, and the somewhat younger George Holmes, a painter. The men are in a dark, wood-panelled Victorian parlour with a quality of light suggesting late afternoon. The game is well in progress, as many pieces have been removed from the board. Holmes, the"
"Card Players in a Rich Interior Card Players in a Rich Interior is a c. 1663 – 1665 oil on canvas painting by Pieter de Hooch, produced at the start of his time in Amsterdam and signed ""P. D. HOOCH"". It is now in the Louvre, whose collections it entered in 1801. It reworks a theme used in earlier works by the artist such as ""Soldiers Playing Cards"" (1657–1658; private collection) and ""Card Players in a Bright Interior"" (1658; Windsor Castle, Royal Collection) He also returned to the theme in the later ""Card Players at a Table"" (1670–1674; private collection)."
"Card Players in a Rich Interior Card Players in a Rich Interior is a c. 1663 – 1665 oil on canvas painting by Pieter de Hooch, produced at the start of his time in Amsterdam and signed ""P. D. HOOCH"". It is now in the Louvre, whose collections it entered in 1801. It reworks a theme used in earlier works by the artist such as ""Soldiers Playing Cards"" (1657–1658; private collection) and ""Card Players in a Bright Interior"" (1658; Windsor Castle, Royal Collection) He also returned to the theme in the later ""Card Players at a Table"" (1670–1674; private collection)."
"Caravaggio. The painter Almanach, about whom little is known, was from Antwerp, and worked in Carniola, Slovenia, between 1667 and 1680. The art historian Uroš Lubej believes Almanach may have been the Dutch painter Herman Verelst. The Card Players II The Card Players II (Slovenian: Kvartopirci II) is a painting by the 17th-century Dutch artist Almanach. It is painted in oil on canvas and has dimensions of 147 x 2855 cm. The painting is in the collection of the National Gallery of Slovenia in Ljubljana, which purchased it in 1995. The composition is closely related to the ""Cheerful Company at"
"for grouping them together as by the same artist. The notname Master of the Gamblers was chosen because the first paintings given to the artist depicted players of cards and dice. Papi regards the artist as an Italian who was influenced by Caravaggio and close followers of Caravaggio such as José de Ribera, Cecco del Caravaggio and Tommaso Salini. Other art historians have described the characteristics of the style of the artist as situated between the Italian Bartolomeo Manfredi and the Flemish artist Theodoor Rombouts. They therefore believe the artist to be a Flemish or Dutch follower of Caravaggio. Other"
"The Cello Player The Cello Player is a painting by the American artist Edwin Dickinson (1891–1978). Painted in oils on a canvas measuring 60 x 48 1/2 inches, it was begun in 1924 and finished in 1926. In 1988 it was purchased by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The fourth of Dickinson's paintings that art historian John Driscoll identified as major and symbolical, ""The Cello Player"" (1924–26) took the longest to paint of works to that date. Again, the dominant figure is an old man, here posed for by a different model, ostensibly playing a cello in a"
"Cardplayers in a Sunlit Room Cardplayers in a Sunlit Room (1658) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch; it is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. This painting by Hooch was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1908, who wrote; ""254. THE CARD-PLAYERS. Sm. 48. ; de G. 41. In the right-hand corner of a room with a wooden ceiling and a tiled floor a young lady and a gentleman are playing cards at a table, while two other gentlemen look on. The"
"gatherings. He also painted tronie style portraits of single musicians, drinkers, cooks and servants. Some of the merry company paintings are allegorical and represent one of the senses. Examples are and (auctioned at Christie's on 6 November 2002 in Amsterdam, lot 34). Other of his merry company paintings are believed to convey some moral message through the use of certain symbols. The ""Card players"" (Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery) depicts a scene of a company of two woman and four men. Two of the men and the women are sitting around a table playing cards. The composition may be a"
"while on furlough. In September 1916 he almost died after a mustard gas attack by the German troops at Verdun. During a period of convalescence in Villepinte he painted ""The Card Players"" (1917), a canvas whose robot-like, monstrous figures reflect the ambivalence of his experience of war. As he explained: ...I was stunned by the sight of the breech of a 75 millimeter in the sunlight. It was the magic of light on the white metal. That's all it took for me to forget the abstract art of 1912–1913. The crudeness, variety, humor, and downright perfection of certain men around"
"The Golf Players The Golf Players (1658) is an oil on panel painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch, it is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of the collection of Polesden Lacey. This painting by Hooch was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote; ""305. The Game of Golf. In an entrance-hall paved with red tiles a little girl carrying a golf-club stands with her hand on the latch of an open door. She looks at a boy who is playing golf in the courtyard. In the distance is a village. Panel,"
"by art historians, such as the ""Master of the Nuremberg Passion"", the ""Master of 1446"", and the ""Master of the Banderoles"". If the Master also practiced as a painter, whether on panel or in manuscript illuminations, no identification of any of his works has been generally accepted. NB: Twenty-nine of the cards, and other prints, are illustrated on Commons at Master of the Playing Cards The Master of the Playing Cards () was the first major master in the history of printmaking. He was a German (or conceivably Swiss) engraver, and probably also a painter, active in southwestern Germany -"
"many years in the shipping business. One of his innovations in shipping was conceiving the modern bulk carrier in 1954. While in New York he had two sons. Embiricos's estate included the superyacht, Astarte II, and many other famous artworks. Notably, he sold the Paul Cezanne painting, ""The Card Players"", for somewhere between $259 and $320 million reportedly to the Royal Family of Qatar in 2011. It was the most expensive painting sold up to that time. George Embiricos George Embiricos (, ""Andreas A. Empeirikos""; 1920–2011) was a Greek shipping magnate, and art collector, who owned several masterpieces by El"
"younger player, seems to be winning the match, as he has taken the queen of his opponent (the top of which pokes out of the table's drawer), and his own black queen is well-positioned in the centre of the board. Eakins painted ""The Chess Players"" for his father, and signed the painting in Latin, ""BENJAMINI. EAKINS. FILIUS. PINXIT. '76""—""the son of Benjamin Eakins painted this""—in small letters on the drawer of the table. Art historian Akela Reason proposes that the painting is a tribute to a number of the artist's father-figures: Holmes probably was Eakins's first art teacher; Gardel was"
"Master of the Playing Cards The Master of the Playing Cards () was the first major master in the history of printmaking. He was a German (or conceivably Swiss) engraver, and probably also a painter, active in southwestern Germany - probably in Alsace, from the 1430s to the 1450s, who has been called ""the first personality in the history of engraving."" Various attempts to identify him have not been generally accepted, so he remains known only through his 106 engravings, which include the set of playing cards in five suits from which he takes his name. The majority of the"
"in different versions, all catalogued by Max Lehrs. Woodcut old master prints had begun around the turn of the century, and were extremely popular by the start of the Master of the Playing Cards' career, but were then almost all very crudely executed. Playing cards and religious images were the vast majority of the production. Although he comes very early in the history of engraving for prints, the Master of the Playing Cards is certainly not the inventor of the technique. He is however considered the first significant artist to use either printmaking technique. The art historian Arthur Mayger Hind"
"the admiration of every beholder. It is painted with singular mastery of hand, and exhibits throughout a consummate knowledge of the principles of art "" (Sm.). Signed and dated 1658 ; canvas, 30 inches by 25 1/2 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. n). Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1826 and 1827. Sales: Now in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace, No. 22 in the 1885 catalogue."" Cardplayers in a Sunlit Room Cardplayers in a Sunlit Room (1658) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch; it is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting"
"Master of the Gamblers The Master of the Gamblers (known in Italian as Maestro dei Giocatori) (""fl"" 1620 – 1640) is the notname given to a painter active in Rome and possibly also in Naples in the second and third decade of the 17th century, whose subject matter and style rank him among the Caravaggisti (followers of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio). The artist depicted genre subjects and still life elements in his works in a stark naturalist manner. The identity and nationality of the artist are not known. Art historians have yet to arrive at a unanimous view on the"
"Playing Cards. The drapery in his prints is stiff, and there is only a limited suggestion of space, creating an illusion that the figures are floating in mid-air. Most of the surviving work assigned to this Master is religious in nature; there is, however, a ""Battle Scene"", a unique impression of which is housed in the Louvre in Paris. This depicts a broad landscape with at least eighty soldiers, both mounted and on foot, in heavy combat. Master of the Death of the Virgin (engraver) The Master of the Death of the Virgin (""fl"" c. 1440–1450) was an engraver, probably"
"The Musicians (Caravaggio) The Musicians or Concert of Youths (c. 1595) is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610). It is held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, where it has been since 1952. It underwent extensive restoration in 1983. Caravaggio entered the household of Cardinal Francesco Maria Del Monte sometime in 1595, and ""The Musicians"" is thought to have been his first painting done expressly for the cardinal. His biographer, the painter Baglione, says he ""painted for the Cardinal youths playing music very well drawn from nature and also a youth playing"
"The Cardsharps The Cardsharps (painted around 1594) is a painting by the Italian Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The original is generally agreed to be the work acquired by the Kimbell Art Museum in 1987, although Caravaggio may have painted more than one version. The work represents an important milestone for Caravaggio. He painted it when he was attempting an independent career after leaving the workshop of the Cavaliere Giuseppe Cesari d'Arpino, for whom he had been painting ""flowers and fruit"", finishing the details for the Cavaliere's mass-produced (and massive) output. Caravaggio left Arpino's workshop in January 1594 and"
"painting includes some new characteristics for Murray: representations of truth, vivacity, and vigor; elements that are similar to other English paintings of the time, such as ""The Blind Girl"" by John Everett Millais. Her painting was reproduced by the engraver William Thomas in ""The Illustrated London News"" on 30 March, 1861. A group of four men are playing cards while two cheat through a priest, who watches the decks of the other players. One of the players is partly crouched, trying to light a cigarette that a young girl with black eyes holds to his lips. Behind the group is"
"also gradually got more attention while facial expressions became more intensive and the architecture in the background more developed. These changes followed contemporary developments in the Baroque style. Less well-known are the genre paintings of Cornelis de Vos. These resemble the Caravaggio-influenced compositions of his contemporaries and pupils like Jan Cossiers, Simon de Vos and Theodoor Rombouts. An example is """" (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm), which depicts players at a card game, a theme which was very popular with the Flemish followers of Caravaggio. The composition is also known through an made by Alexander Voet in the 1630s (Royal Collection), which clearly"
"four figures, long thought to be the second version of ""The Card Players"", is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. At 65.4 x 81.9 cm (25 3/4 x 32 1/4 in), it is less than half the size of the Barnes painting. Here the composition remains virtually the same, minus the boy, with viewers' perspective slightly closer to the game, but with less space between the figures. In the previous painting, the center player as well as the boy were hatless, whereas this version has all the men hatted. Also gone are the shelf to the left"
"not only to the Henri circle, but also to such painters as George Bellows (another student of Henri), Jerome Myers, Gifford Beal, Glenn Coleman, Carl Sprinchorn, and Mabel Dwight and even to photographers Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine, who portrayed New York's working-class neighborhoods in a sometimes brutally realistic fashion. In 1905, Luks painted two of his most famous works, icons of the Ashcan school: ""The Spielers"", now in the collection of the Addison Gallery of American Art, and ""The Wrestlers"", now in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. These two paintings also illustrate radically different"
"x 57 cm (17 3/4 x 22 1/2 in). The Orsay painting was described by art historian Meyer Schapiro as ""the most monumental and also the most refined"" of the versions, with the shapes being simpler but more varied in their relationships. It is the most sparsely painted, and generally considered the last of the ""Card Players"" series. There is a shift of axis to the scene, in which the player to the left is more completely in the picture, chair included, with the appearance of being nearer to us. His partner to the right is cut off from the"
"Three of the Players Three of the Players is a 1953 painting by Australian artist John Brack. The painting depicts three Australian rules footballers from the Collingwood Football Club. The players are thought by some to be Lou Richards, Jack Regan and Phonse Kyne. However, Brack's widow, Helen, was of the opinion that they are not recognisable individuals but ""stereotyped characters"". The painting has been described as ""Brack's unique comment on canvas observing the deeper but universal emotions of Australian Rules Football the national game"". The work has also been described as the ""most significant sport painting by Brack and"
"The cricketers The cricketers is a 1948 painting by the Australian artist Russell Drysdale. The painting depicts three boys set among the buildings in an empty town; two playing cricket and the other watching them. The National Gallery of Australia describes the painting as ""one of the most original and haunting images in all Australian art."" The ""Sydney Morning Herald"" said the work is ""possibly the most famous Australian painting of the 20th century."" The painting was commissioned by Walter Hutchinson, an English publisher, for his own collection, known as the ""National Collection of British Sports and Pastimes"". Looking for"
"Cassius Marcellus Coolidge Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (September 18, 1844 – January 13, 1934) was an American artist, mainly known for his series of paintings ""Dogs Playing Poker"". Known as ""Cash"" or ""Kash"" in his family, he often signed his work in the 19th century with the latter spelling, sometimes spelling his name, for comic effect, as Kash Koolidge. Coolidge was born in Antwerp, New York to abolitionist Quaker farmers, and was raised in Philadelphia, New York. He had little formal training as an artist. After leaving the family farm in the early 1860s, Coolidge had many careers. Between 1868 and"
"the most influential art movements in history. Louis Leroy Louis Leroy (1812–1885) was a French 19th-century printmaker, painter, and successful playwright. However, he is remembered as the journalist and art critic for the French satirical newspaper ""Le Charivari"", who coined the term ""impressionists"" to satirise the artists now known by the word. Leroy's review was printed in ""Le Charivari"" on 25 April 1874 with the title """". The term was taken from Claude Monet's painting ""Impression: soleil levant"". Leroy's article took the form of a dialogue between two sceptical viewers of the work: ""Impression I was certain of it. I"
"began selling works through the dealer Costantino, with the assistance of Prospero Orsi, an established painter of Mannerist grotesques (masks, monsters, etc.). Orsi introduced Caravaggio to his extensive network of contacts in the world of collectors and patrons. The painting shows an expensively-dressed but unworldly boy playing cards with another boy. The second boy, a cardsharp, has extra cards tucked in his belt behind his back, out of sight of the mark but not the viewer, and a sinister older man is peering over the dupe's shoulder and signaling to his young accomplice. The second boy has a dagger handy"