Une ode à la couleur au temps de l’Art Déco
Illustration of the Russian ballets designed by Leon Bakst (1910s), André Derain’s painting (Fauvism) and Santon MacDonald-Wright’s painting (Orphism).
Fairy paintings
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written about 1595–96 and published in 1600. This story was depicted many times, namely by the painter John Simmons. « Theseus, duke of Athens, has conquered Hippolyta, the Amazon queen, and is about to wed her. Meanwhile, two lovers, Hermia and Lysander,…
Pre-Raphaelite woman
Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s painting (“The salutation of Beatrice », 1869), my pattern (background) and my drawing of flower earrings.
Se promener dans les vignes
Yves Calmejane painting (Grapevines in autumn) and fashion illustration (Costumes parisiens, 1913).
The poetess Sappho
John William Godward’s painting (“Sappho”, 1904), my pink pattern, poem written by the Greek Antic poetess Sappho and Greek wave frise from another John William Godward’s painting (“A tryst”). .
Cats in painting (1)
“Come, superb cat, to my amorous heart;Hold back the talons of your paws,Let me gaze into your beautiful eyesOf metal and agate”. The Cat, Charles Baudelaire Sources : https://lithub.com/15-great-cat-poems-not-written-by-cats/ and Pinterest
In the ancient times
George Lawrence Bulleid’s painting and my pattern. George Lawrence Bulleid was a Victorian painter belonging to the academic art movement.
Jeune fille en rose
George Lawrence Bulleid’s painting and my patterns. George Lawrence Bulleid was an English painter during the Victorian era. Antiquity (Classical times) and still-life were his favourite topics. His paintings were delicate, graceful and luminous. Source : all-art
Lesbia and her sparrow
John Edward Poynter’s painting (“Lesbia and her sparrow”, 1907) and my patterns. The poet Catulle (1st before J.-C) nicknamed his lover Claudia “Lesbia” in reference to the isle of Lesbos (Greece) where she grew up. The famous poetess Sappho lived there. Her poems were about love between women ; that’s why the term “lesbian” was…
Lady Lilith
Dante Rossetti’s painting (Lady Lilith, 1866) and my floral pattern. Dante Rossetti painted as a model his mistress Fanny Cornforth but he changed it in 1872 and painted the face of Alexa Wilding. Rossetti wrote a sonnet dedicated to Lilith. Lilith was Adam’s first wife in Jewish mythology. She was a symbol of temptation and…
Rose scent
Dante Rossetti paintings. Dante Rossetti (1828-1882) was a famous Pre-Raphaelite painter.
The French Empress Josephine
Portrait of the French Empress Josephine of Beauharnais (first wife of Napoleon I) by the painter Jean Louis Viger, a plate of the dining service of Napoleon I in the Tuileries and French Empire style patterns. Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814) was the first wife of Napoleon I (1796-1809). She was crowned French Empress in 1804.
