L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e ~ D o s t o ï e v s k i

L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e  ~  D o s t o ï e v s k i



Showing posts with label John Koch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Koch. Show all posts

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Randomly II


Miniature attributed to Jean-Baptiste Isabey. subject unknown, circa 1790.
Unknown.
Portrait of a Lady with a Squirrel, by Francesco Montemezzano, circa 1565.
Prince Nikolai Saltykov, by Franz Kruger, 1850.
Vivien Leigh, publicity for "Lady Hamilton" ("That Hamilton Woman"), 1940-1.
The marquise de Pompadour at her dressing table, by François Boucher, circa 1750-58.
John Smith the Engraver, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1696.
 Napoleon the Lawmaker, by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, 1833.
Orson Welles, by Horst P. Horst, 1938.
The Spree waterside at Stralau, by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1817.
Apollo and Marpessa, by John Flaxman, circa 1790–94.
Bacchanal, by John Koch, 1952.
Rex Whistler, by Cecil Beaton, 1927.
Portrait of Marie Stuck (the artist's daughter), by Franz von Stuck, 1913.
Princess Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary of Wales, daughter of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, by Philip de László, 1907.
Silversmith Thomas Germain and his wife Anne-Denise Gauchelet, by Nicolas de Largillière, 1736.
Portrait of a Man, by Andrea del Sarto, circa 1517.
Lady Ann Somerset, Countess of Northampton at the age of about 14, attributed to Jean-Étienne Liotard, circa 1755.
Portrait of Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, circa 1665-72.
Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont, on the occasion of his elevation to the Earldom, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, circa 1767.
Michel Fokine and Tamara Karsavina (or Vera Fokina?) in Fokine's L'Oiseau de feu ("The Firebird"), circa 1910.
Miniature by Louis-Lié Périn-Salbreux, subject unknown, circa 1780s.
Venus and Cupid, attributed to Roeloff van Zijl, circa 1625.



Sunday, October 19, 2014

Paintings by John Koch



John Koch (August 18, 1909, Toledo – April 19, 1978, New York), American painter, an important figure in 20th century realist painting. He is best known for his portraits, nudes, and paintings of genteel urban interiors, often set in his own light-filled Manhattan apartment.

Almost all of his work is quiet and cool, full of suppressed story and emotion. The eroticism of the nudes seems more of longing than of carnal celebration.  And to my mind, anyway, there's a veiled but persistent sadness running through his work.