19th centuary sculpture and painting

albert memorial date

1872

albert memorial quote

“an attempt to embody in one design the varied and noble character of the prince” - scott

luncheon on the grass date

1863

luncheon on the grass quote

“bold in conception and brilliant in execution” - charles baudelaire

derby day date

1856

derby day quote

“panorama of the age, full of truth and character” - john ruskin

derby day patron

jacob bell

bar at folies berger date

1882

bar at folies berger

“vendors of drink and of love” - maupassant

work date

1852-65

work quote

“an endless significance lies in work” - thomas carlyle

work patron

thomas plindt

vision after the sermon date

1888

vision after the sermon quote

“not an illustration of the bible but psycological truth” - robert l herbert

christ in the house of his parents date

1849

christ in the house of his parents quote

“mother so hideous in her ugliness” - dickens

the kiss date

1882

the kiss quote

“the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation” - rodin

ophelia date

1859

ophelia quote

“the eye loses itself in the intracacy of the abundance” - ruskin

olympia date

1863

olympia quote

“introduced us to olympia, this girl of our time” - emile zola

awakening conscience date

1853

awakening conscience quote

“a sermon in paint and protest against the moral corruption of the age” - e t cook

awakening conscience patron

thomas fairbain

impression sunrise date

1874

impression sunrise quote

“wallpaper in its embryonic state is more finished than that seascape” - leroy

our english coast date

1852

our english coats quote

“combines meticulous natural deatail with a moral and spiritual message” - christopher newall

monument to balzac date

1898

monument to balzac quote

“i have sought to capture the spirit of balzac” - rodin

monument to balzac patron

societe des gens de lettres

burghers of callais date

1889

burghers of callais quote

“i have sought to express not the heroic gesture but the human drama” - rodin