Friday, October 11, 2013

Dueling dandies - French+Italian vs. American+American


Le comte Robert de Montesquiou, aesthete (March 7, 1855, Paris – December 11, 1921, Menton), 
in a portrait by Giovanni Boldini (December 31, 1842, Ferrara – July 11, 1931, Paris), 1897.

Paul Wayland Bartlett, sculptor (January 24, 1865, New Haven, Connecticut – September 20, 1925, Paris),
in a portrait by Charles Sprague Pearce (October 13, 1851, Boston, Massachusetts - May 18, 1914, Auvers-sur-Oise), ca. 1890.


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2 comments:

  1. Gigi LittleOctober 12, 2013 at 12:59 PM

    Your subject line begs the question: who wins this duel in your eyes? I love both of these but particularly the first with its slightly haphazard brushstrokes that nevertheless describe the picture so beautifully.

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  2. StephiliusOctober 13, 2013 at 6:53 PM

    No favorite. I just think it's great how they "relate" to each other.

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