Showing posts with label Sophie Gengembre Anderson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sophie Gengembre Anderson. Show all posts

Friday, December 28, 2012

Monday, May 16, 2011

Sophie Gengembre Anderson - Take the Fair Face of Woman






Take the Fair Face of Woman, and Gently Suspending, With Butterflies, Flowers, and Jewels Attending, Thus Your Fairy is Made of Most Beautiful Things

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Sophie Gengembre Anderson - Shepherd's Pipes, Capri


Please note I have brightened this image as the original is now rather murky and I wanted to bring out her superb eye for detail, particularly in the clothing.
12 x 13.5"
inscribed, signed and dated on the stretcher: Shepherd's Pipes/ S. Anderson/ Capri 1880
oil on canvas
Sophie Anderson moved to the island of Capri c.1872 and lived at Villa de Castello for the next sixteen years.

Sophie Gengembre Anderson - Greek Girl


18 x 14"
signed l.l.: S. Anderson
oil on canvas
Possibly Royal Academy 1881, no. 1434 as Zelica

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Sophie Gengembre Anderson


[Love in a Mist]
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1823 - 1903.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Anderson
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Sophie was only loosely associated with the PRB but who could resist these.



[The Time of Lilacs]
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http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=224