Tag: locus amoenus

Girl in meadow by Sarra

Valentino Sarra (Italian, 1903-1982) ~ Girl in Meadow, 1930. Gelatin silver print | src heritage auctions
Valentino Sarra (Italian-American, 1903-1982) ~ Girl in Meadow, 1930. Gelatin silver print | src heritage auctions

Girl by a Pool · Herbert Draper

Herbert James Draper :: A Young Girl by a Pool, oil on canvas, signed 'H.J.DRAPER' (lower left), probably 1892-93. | src Bonhams
Herbert James Draper :: A Young Girl by a Pool, oil on canvas, signed ‘H.J.DRAPER’ (lower left), probably 1892-93. | src Bonhams

Although not recorded in Simon Toll’s catalogue raisonné on Draper, the present lot can probably be dated to 1892-93, when the artist was working in Rome. There are a number of related studies for the work, one of which, entitled ‘Pompilia’, depicts a girl in a similar crocheted cap (illustrated p.79, no. 33). The work can also be compared with other paintings of this period, such as ‘Love in the Garden of Philetas’ (RA 1892) and ‘The Spirit of the Fountain’ (1893), where flowers and ornamental gardens appear as popular motifs. | quoted from Bonhams London

Herbert James Draper :: A Young Girl by a Pool, oil on canvas, signed 'H.J.DRAPER' (lower left), probably 1892-93. | src Bonhams | DETAIL
Herbert James Draper :: A Young Girl by a Pool, oil on canvas; probably 1892-93. (DETAIL)

Picking cornflowers, ca. 1912

Sebastiaan Alfonse Van Besten :: Two girls picking cornflowers, ca. 1912. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse Van Besten :: Two girls picking cornflowers, ca. 1912. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists

Dancers and musician (1920s)

Vintage photographs of thee women wearing Greek gowns, two of them dancing, the third playing flute or Aulos, reclining on a tree. [painted background] From a Vaudeville dancer / model photo album / scrapbook. | src House of Mirth on Abebooks

Femmes dans l’herbe

[Femme avec chapeau, assise dans l’herbe] (top)
[Une femme assise dans l’herbe, lisant] (middle)
[Femme avec chapeau, assise dans l’herbe] (bottom)
Autochromes par Charles Adrien, entre 1907 et 1930. Plaques de verre Autochrome. | src Société française de photographie

Daydreams, 1909, autochrome

John Cimon Warburg :: 'Daydreams', 1909, autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A museum
John Cimon Warburg :: ‘Daydreams’, 1909, autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A museum
John Cimon Warburg :: 'Daydreams', 1909, autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A museum
John Cimon Warburg :: ‘Daydreams’, 1909, autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A museum

Femme au jardin en fleurs, 1911

Julien Gérardin :: Femme au jardin en fleurs, 31-07-1911. Autochrome. | src Collection Julien Gérardin à l’ENSAD
Julien Gérardin :: Femme au jardin en fleurs, 31-07-1911. Autochrome. | src Collection Julien Gérardin à l’ENSAD
Julien Gérardin :: Femme au jardin en fleurs, 31-07-1911. Autochrome. | src Collection Julien Gérardin à l’ENSAD
Julien Gérardin :: Femme au jardin en fleurs, 31-07-1911. Autochrome. | src Collection Julien Gérardin à l’ENSAD

Elsa Kasimir, 1908

Atelier d’Ora ~ Benda :: Elsa Kasimir, 1908. Inscribed and dated on verso: “Elsa Kasimir / Matte-Albumen blue toned / 1908 / background: Dürnstein, Wachau” and “Picture 305”. | src MK&G ~ Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)

Forest nymph, ca. 1910s

Charles J. Cook :: Pictorialist photograph of nude woman in a forest interior. Silver print, ca. 1910. Charles J. Cook was a painter and photographer who specialized in nudes. He exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago’s annual exhibitions. | src 1st Dibs

Spring Song, ca. 1933

Harry Richardson Cremer :: ‘Spring Song’, vintage moody nude nymph in a woodsy lake setting, ca. 1933. This photograph is part of a collection of vintage silver gelatin images from the estate of Harry Richardson Cremer.| src eBay
Harry Richardson Cremer :: ‘Spring Song’, vintage moody nude nymph in a woodsy lake setting, ca. 1933. This photograph is part of a collection of vintage silver gelatin images from the estate of Harry Richardson Cremer.| src eBay
Harry Richardson Cremer :: ‘Spring Song’, vintage moody nude nymph in a woodsy lake setting, ca. 1933. This photograph is part of a collection of vintage silver gelatin images from the estate of Harry Richardson Cremer.| src eBay