#1873-1956

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Galileo Chini

1873-1956

Italian

Chinese new year in Bangkok

1911-13

oil on canvas

Modern art

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"Подоконник" (The Sill)

Художник Фернан Туссен (Fernand Toussaint, 1873-1956)

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Woman Arranging a Bouquet of Flowers, by Fernand Toussaint (1873-1956). Undated. Oil on canvas.

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Swimming with Horses" , c.1900 by Ludvík Vacátko (1873–1956). Czech painter. oil on cardboard

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"Swimming with Horses" c.1900 by Ludvík Vacátko (1873-1956)

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'Peace'. Galileo Chini. 1873-1956.

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Ludvík Vacátko (Czech 1873-1956) Swimming with Horses

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Berzieri Thermal Palace ~ Autumn panel ~ 1922 ~ Galileo Chini (Italian artist, 1873-1956)

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Chinese New Year in Bangkok

Artist: Galileo Chini (Italian, 1873-1956)

Date: 1911-1913

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Description

In 1910, Galileo Chini, multifaceted, leading light of the Art Nouveau movement, was commissioned by Rama V, King of Siam, to decorate some of the rooms in the Throne Hall in Bangkok, which had been built by Italian architects and engineers. During a trip to Italy, the king had admired Chini’s decorations at the Venice Biennale and he employed the painter in Bangkok from 1911 to 1913. Chini, who was already fascinated by the ideas of oriental art, was completely at ease in this visual culture. The king had also appreciated the sparkling universe of colours that, in line with the secessionist taste, perfectly summed up the shape and colour, and adapted well to the precious inlays and luxurious marble decorations in the royal palace.

On his return from Siam, Chini showed this painting at the 1914 Biennale, proof of and homage to the fertile period spent in Bangkok. The square shape, so popular - among others - with the Viennese Secession and to Klimt himself, the processional sequence of figures, from right to left, shown in a powerful backlight, suggests the space in which the scene is set, without describing it in perspective terms, in line with the highly decorative value of Oriental art and Art Nouveau. The typical ball-shaped lanterns that light up the night sky, and the characteristic paper maché dragon fill the background. Chini was able to revive the composition further, using the pointillist painting technique - dots and commas in colour, which allows him to move his brushes sinuously, in an enveloping manner that made him reproduce the rejoicing and exuberance

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Royal Consorts (and almost-Consorts) of the House of Lorimer

1. Charlotte (1616-1667) - Philip I 2. Henrietta (1638-1729) - Charles III 3. Anne (1668-1690) - Philip II ✻ 4. Theodora (1675-1766) - Philip II (second wife) 5. Cosima (1701-1721) - Frederick I ✻ 6. Louise (1704-1782) - Edward IV 7. Patrick (1724-1796) - Augusta 8. Adelaide (1757-1833) - Arthur IV 9. Aveline (1780-1839) - Crown Prince Charles ✻ 10. Georgiana (1781-1866) - Frederick II 11. Joan (1805-1854) - Charles IV 12. Mary Josephine (1838-1916) - Philip III 13. Elizabeth (1865-1896) - Frederick III 14. Ernest (1887-1958) - Jane II ✻ 15. Catherine (1873-1975) - Richard V 16. Frances (1897-1924) - Arthur V ✻ 17. Alice (1903-1971) - Arthur V (second wife) 18. Rosamund (1927-) - Frederick IV 19. Laura (1956-) - Arthur VI 20. Natalie (1977-) - Crown Prince Richard ✻ 21. Carys (1995-) - Matilda II ✻

✻ indicates royal consorts that were never crowned

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Fernand Toussaint (Belgian, 1873–1956)

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New Year's Eve

One door closes and another door opens. We wish you safe and happy festivities for the changing of the year this evening with these final color lithographs by British illustrator Harold Jones (1904-1992) from the children's book This Year: Next Year by the English poet and author Walter de la Mare (1873-1956), published in London by Faber & Faber in 1937.

May the New Year be kind and gracious to you.

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Ludwig Vacátko (1873 - 1956) Detail from Summer Idyll

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"Swimming with Horses" , c.1900 by Ludvík Vacátko (1873–1956). Czech painter. oil on cardboard

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Ludvik Vacátko (Czech, 1873-1956)

Natación con Caballos

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Ludvík Vacátko (1873-1956).

Photos: https://www.artnet.com/artists/ludwig-vacatko/