1812
Overview page. Subjects: Music.
Concert overture, op. 49 (1880), by Tchaikovsky; written for the Moscow Exhibition, it commemorates Napoleon's retreat from Moscow in 1812 and incorporates La Marseillaise and the Tsarist...
Vrangel’, Nikolay (Nikolayevich), Baron
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: History of Art; 20th-Century Art. 418 words.
(b Kiev province, July 2, 1880; d Warsaw, July 15, 1915).
Russian art historian. One of the founders of Russian art history, in 1902, despite his youth and inexperience,...
Hénard, Eugène Alfred
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Architecture; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 466 words.
(b Paris, 1849; d Paris, 1923).
French architect, engineer and writer. He studied in the studio of his father Antoine-Julien Hénard (1812–87), a professor at the Ecole des...
Adam family
in Oxford Art Online
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 538 words.
German family of painters. (1) Albrecht Adam had four sons who were artists: Benno Adam (1812–1892), Franz Adam (1815–1886), Eugen Adam (1817–1880), and Julius Adam (1826–1874)....
Moussawir, Choukri
in Benezit Dictionary of Artists
P ublished online October 2011 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; Art of the Middle East and North Africa; 20th-Century Art; 19th-Century Art. 166 words.
Lebanese, 19th – 20th century, male.
Active in the USA.
Born 1865, in Lebanon; died 1935.
Painter. Figures.
Orientalism.
Choukri Moussawir was...
Rothschild
in Oxford Art Online
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Exhibition Catalogues and Specific Collections; Financial Aspects of Art; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 3056 words.
[de Rothschild]
European family of collectors and patrons. It can be said that the fortune of the Rothschild family, acquired over six generations, began with Mayer Amschel...
Bellver y Ramón, Ricardo
in Oxford Art Online
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Sculpture and Carving; 18th-Century Art; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 645 words.
(b Madrid, Feb 23, 1845; d Madrid, Dec 20, 1924).
Spanish sculptor. He was the son of the sculptor Francisco Bellver (1812–89), with whom he undertook his first studies until...
Portielje, Jan
in Oxford Art Online
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 184 words.
(Frederik Pieter)
(b Amsterdam, April 29, 1829; d Antwerp, Feb 6, 1908).
Dutch painter. He studied under Valentijn Bing (1812–95) in Amsterdam and later with Jan...
Cammarano, Michele
in Oxford Art Online
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 903 words.
(b Naples, Feb 23, 1835; d Naples, Sept 21, 1920).
Italian painter. He came from a family of artists of Catalan origin and was taught by his grandfather Giuseppe (1766–1850)...
Mozier, Joseph
in Benezit Dictionary of Artists
P ublished online October 2011 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Sculpture and Carving; 20th-Century Art; 19th-Century Art; Art of the United States. 160 words.
American, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 1812, in Burlington; died 13 May 1870 or or.
Sculptor. Allegorical subjects, figures.
Joseph Mozier settled in Rome in...
Van der Ouderaa, Piet Jan
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 476 words.
[Pierre Jean]
(b Antwerp, Jan 13, 1841; d Antwerp, Jan 5, 1915).
Belgian painter. He enrolled at the age of 15 at the Academie in Antwerp where he studied first under...
Lamorinière, François
in Oxford Art Online
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; Prints and Printmaking; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 438 words.
(b Antwerp, April 28, 1828; d Antwerp, Jan 3, 1911).
Belgian painter and engraver. He entered the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp in 1840 and studied with...
Dücker, Eugen
in Oxford Art Online
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 261 words.
[Dyukker, Yevgeny (Eduardovich)]
(b Kuresaare, Saaremaa Island, Feb 10, 1841; d Düsseldorf, Dec 6, 1916).
Estonian painter. His first teacher was Friedrich Stern...
Petitjean, Hippolyte
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 212 words.
(b Mâcon, Sept 11, 1854; d Paris, Sept 18, 1929).
French painter. He began his studies in drawing in Mâcon before going to Paris c. 1885–6 to join the Neo-Impressionists. He...
Claus, Emile
in Oxford Art Online
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; Performance Art and Dance; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 329 words.
(b Vive-Saint-Eloi, Sept 27, 1849; d Astène, June 5, 1924).
Belgian painter. He had various menial jobs before the composer Peter Benoît persuaded his father to let him study at...
Zünd, Robert
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 295 words.
(b Lucerne, May 3, 1827; d Lucerne, Jan 15, 1909).
Swiss painter . He trained with Jakob Schwegler (1793–1866) and Joseph Zelger (1812–85), whom he accompanied on a study...
Klimsch family
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Graphic Design and Typography; Painting; Prints and Printmaking; Book Arts and Illustration; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 1255 words.
German family of artists. Ferdinand Karl Klimsch (1812–90) was a painter and printmaker. Of his sons, (1) Eugen Johann Georg Klimsch was a painter, printmaker and illustrator, Karl...
Werenskiold, Erik
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; Prints and Printmaking; 19th-Century Art; Christian Art; 20th-Century Art. 1045 words.
( Theodor )
(b Vinger, Feb 11, 1855; d Oslo, Nov 23, 1938).
Norwegian painter, draughtsman and printmaker . He studied in Christiania (later Kristiania, now...