Updated artist posts

Posted Jul 6, 2009 at 23:46 CEST in Artists, People, and The blog.

I updated some of the old artist posts with more paintings and better quality pictures.

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Alexander Roslin

Thomas Gainsborough

François Boucher

Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun

Michel Garnier

Louis-Léopold Boilly

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

Johann Zoffany

Pehr Hilleström

5 comments on “Updated artist posts”

Popeline, les8petites8mains.blogspot.com

Thank you for the high quality of your blog, and specially the iconography. Please keep in mind that some of your readers may also be interested in children’s fashion – so am I !

On my blog about history of children’s costume and fashion, I wrote a post about the influence of children’s white dress on the robe en chemise. It’s only in french, but illustrated.

Les Petites Mains, histoire de mode enfantine
http://les8petites8mains.blogspot.com/

Jul 7, 2009 at 15:55 CEST

Narcissique, nina-tsukiko.livejournal.com

I like very much the art of Sir Joshua Reynolds, my favourite is “The ladies Waldegrave”, I had the chance to see it in a museum and it was awesome!

Jul 8, 2009 at 06:14 CEST

LadyAugustaFredrika, augustafredrika.blog…

About the last painting on Pehr Hilleström’s page (I don’t know if it’s new or not), I’ve read about it (yesterday actually) and I like to point out some details. I don’t know if you know them already but I hope you don’t mind anyway, because I think it’s a bit interesting facts.
The name given to this nice paiting (in the book Solen och Nordstjärnan from Nationalmuseum) is Spelparti hos statssekreteraren Elis Schröderheim (I’m pretty sure that you read Swedish, so I guess no translation is needed). The scene takes place at the home of the Secretary of the State, Elis Schröderhiem (1747-1795), but my source says that it’s highly unlikely that his home really looked like this. Since Mr Hilleström liked to compose his interiors with elements tanken from various places, like french grapichal sheets after François Boucher for example.
Very well, the people in the painting is said to be lifelike. You have Elis himself by the door greeting, king Gustaf III’s sister, princess Sophia Albertina (1753-1829). The two other men (the man behinde the princess excluded, I guess) are Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757-1814) and baron Mannerheim. The tree ladies are “the three graces” of the Swedish court, named Ulrika (UIla) Eleonora (born von Fersen) von Höpken (1749-1810), Kristina Augusta (born von Fersen, sister to Ulla) Löwenhielm (1754-1846) and Lovisa Augusta (born Wrede-Sparre) Meijerfeldt (1745-1817).
I’m sorry for the long text, but the details puts a little more interest into the painting I think.
Thank you so very much for you interesting blogg, by the way! It’s always a pleasure to read your posts.

/Augusta Fredrika

Jul 8, 2009 at 22:01 CEST

Johanna, johannaost.com

Popeline: Thank you very much for that article! It sounds very interesting. Since I myself am mostly interested in women’s fashion I guess it shows in my blog, I don’t pay as much attention or collect as many photos of children’s or men’s fashion, and it’s pretty much all the fashions of the upper and middle classes. I have featured some children’s clothing from museums though, for example in my photos from Livrustkammaren (http://18thcenturyblog.com/2008/06/photos-from-li…) and the Fastes de cour exhibition (http://18thcenturyblog.com/2009/06/fastes-de-cour…).

Thank you very much for the information Augusta Fredrika!