Waiting in paintings (Olga E.)

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Waiting
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from two smiling women by Murillo to the young
dancer by Degas through the exotic beauty
Vairaumati is waiting for her lover by Gauguin,
young woman in the rue Chateaubriand by Béraud
and the lady peering through a tall bay window by
Hopper
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Waiting ... a theme that has fascinated
painters moments around which sometimes a life
is lived
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Waiting in paintings
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400 years later these two women at the window,
just as young, just as modern and fresh, are
laughing at us ... They continue to laugh at
the fact that a passer-by has to pay for the
affection - or its substitute of another human
being, perhaps they laugh at our thinking that
Murillo was only a painter of virgins. Probabl
y a brothel scene with two shamelessly smiling
women at the window waiting for
... Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Dos
mujeres en la ventana Two Women at a Window Deux
femmes à la fenêtre 1655-1660 National Gallery of
Art, Washington DC
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Anxious waiting of both the human figures,
absorbed in private reveries and every other
detail, from the little town half-hidden behind
the luxuriant vegetation to the ancient ruins,
the houses, the towers a sense of imminent
danger a breathless waiting, as if something big
is about to happen Giorgione Tempes
t La Tempête La tempestad 1506-1508 Gallerie
dell'Accademia, Venice
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Samson lies in Delilahs lap, she sits
motionless Just one flaring torch illuminates
the soldiers waiting outside to capture
Samson. Pedro Pablo
Rubens Samson and Delilah Samson et
Dalila Sansón y Dalila 1609-1610 National
Gallery, London
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a marble balustrade a couple of dogs a parrot a
peacock chopines and two women awaiting
idly (their husbands' return after an expedition
hunting or fishing with cormorants in the
Venetian lagoon) Vittore
Carpaccio Two Venetian Ladies Deux Dames
vénitiennes Dos damas venecianas 1490 Museo
Correr, Venice
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a bench a young ballet dancer a woman wearing
black street clothing, holding an black
umbrella They appear to be waiting, perhaps for
an audition or its outcome. ... Degas provides
no other clues as to what the two women are
waiting for, nor whether there is any
relationship between them Edgar
Degas L'Attente Waiting La espera 1882 J. Paul
Getty Museum, Los Ángeles
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a rose-colored, ruffled peignoir, or dressing
gown a black lace scarf a silver cross a
Japanese screen needlework on the Louis XVI stool
eighteenth-century terracotta bust The
expectation and anxiety emanating from the
Marquise did not really interest the painter. It
was the fabrics alone that fascinated this
artist, and he caressed them with a loving
brush. Jacques Joseph Tissot Portrait
de la Marquise de Miramon, née Thérèse
Feuillant Portrait of the Marquise de Miramon,
née Thérèse Feuillant Retrato de la marquesa de
Miramon, de soltera Thérèse Feuillant 1866 J.
Paul Getty Museum, Los Ángeles
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river water is pouring in through the window
The young woman awaits her death. Tarakano
va dies like a true princess from a Russian
melodrama, although in reality she had died some
time later in her cell from tuberculosis.
Konstantin Flavitsky Princess
Tarakanova La Princesse Tarakanova La princesa
Tarakanova 1864 State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
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The wait is over for the Emperor of Mexico
... Maximilian bids farewell to Abbot
Soria. The door to the cell is wide open, and
on its threshold stands a Mexican officer in his
finest dress, complete with a sword, bearing the
orders for the execution to take
place. Jean-Paul Laurens The
Last moments of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico Les
Derniers Moments de Maximilien, empereur du
Mexique Los últimos momentos de Maximiliano
1882 The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
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A number of figures sit in a dark room,
waiting. But this is no ordinary waiting room
... Harald Slott-Møller The
Poor. The Waiting Room of Death Les pauvres. La
salle d'attente de la mort Los pobres. La sala de
espera de la muerte 1888 Statens Museum for
Kunst, Copenhagen
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Two woman, Christian martyrs, lie waiting their
sacrifice by wild beasts.
Saint George Hare The Victory of Faith Victoire
de la foi La victoria de la fe 1890-1891 National
Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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waiting for customers, with bored resignation and
professional patience ...
Edgar Degas Femmes devant un café, le soir ou
Femmes à la terrasse d'un café le soir Women at
the Terrace of a Café Mujeres en la terraza de un
café 1877 Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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from Polynesian mythology ... The supreme god
Oro fell in love with the beautiful Vairaumati
and chose her to be the female progenitor of the
people. The smoking exotic beauty Vairaumati
is waiting for her lover who is present in the
form of a stone idol in the background.
Paul Gauguin Son nom est Vairaumati ou
Vairaumati tei oa Her Name is Vairaumati or
Vairaumati tei oa Su nombre es Vairaumati 1892 Pus
hkin Museum, Moscow
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waiting for the return of Tobias ... his blind
father in doorway, his mother standing in roadway
peering down the road into the distance An
illustration of a passage from the Book of Tobit,
quoted in the Old Testament. Jean
-François Millet L'Attente Waiting La
espera 1853-1861 The Nelson-Atkins Museum of
Art, Kansas City
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the executioner stands waiting The final
moments of the blindfolded Lady Jane, proclaimed
Queen of England at the age of 16, deposed nine
days after her coronation and beheaded in the
Tower of London on the orders of Mary
Tudor. ... behind the executioner, the
coffin Paul Delaroche The Execution
of Lady Jane Grey Le Supplice de Jane Grey La
ejecución de Lady Jane Grey 1833 National
Gallery, London
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a glass of liqueur, perhaps absinthe a cigar a
woman with a grave expression of sadness,
bitterness or concern waiting for someone who
probably won't come Ramón
Casas Au Moulin de la Galette. Madeleine 1892 Muse
o de Montserrat. Monasterio de Montserrat,
Barcelona
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a beach with a cloudy sky above several sailboats
are visible on the water a group of women,
presumably fishermen's wives, awaiting their
husbands' return Eugene
Boudin Les femmes de pêcheurs au bord de la
mer Brittany Fishermens Wives Waiting at the
Shore or Fishermen's Wives at the
Seaside Bretaña Esposas de pescadores esperando
en la orilla, Esposas de pescadores en la
playa 1872 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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three women wait on the shore for the arrival of
the boats loaded with fish ...
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida Pescadoras
valencianas Fisherwomen from Valencia Pêcheuses
de Valence 1915 Museo Sorolla, Madrid
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In the Rue Chateaubriand, a young woman waits
... But the scene is more prosaic, depicting a
prostitute waiting for a client to come along,
and which we can even see approaching in the
distance ... Jean
Béraud L'Attente The Wait La espera c. 1900 Musée
d'Orsay, Paris
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a young woman aopen window and a endless sea
Dalís message is clear wonder and mystery
are not confined to the surreal they are woven
into the fabric of reality itself, waiting to be
discovered by those willing to look
closely. Salvador Dalí Muchacha en
la Ventana o Figura en una ventana Jeune fille à
la fenêtre Young Woman at a Window or Figure at
the Window 1925 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte
Reina Sofía, Madrid
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enigmatic woman with scandalous
makeup... The glazed, lost gaze suggests
morphine addiction. At this time, Picasso
painted Parisian night scenes, figures of
prostitutes, and "human adventures." Margot
identifies with a prostitute waiting to buy her
fix. Pablo Picasso L'Attente
(Margot) Waiting (Margot) La espera
(Margot) 1901 Museu Picasso, Barcelona
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A woman peering through a tall bay window,
riveted by and in anxious anticipation of
something she sees in the distance. an
enigmatic wait ... Everything seems peaceful
this morning. However, there is a tension in the
woman's attitude, which is all the more intense
since we cannot see what she sees. Or what she
perceives. But can anything good come out of
this forest? Edward Hopper Cape Cod
Morning Matin à Cap Code Mañana en Cape
Cod 1950 Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington DC
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Loneliness, isolation in the big city. Silence
... A young girl is having a coffee sitting in
an "automaton," a typical 1920s
restaurant. It's up to us, the viewers, to
imagine her story. Perhaps he is going to or
coming from work. Perhaps she's just a regular
customer, an automaton herself, always in the
same place, at the same time. Perhaps she is
waiting for someone, or has already been there,
and the encounter didn't end too
well. Edward Hopper Automat 1927 Des
Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
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a room stark a chair casting a shadow on the
floor It is difficult to know whether the
chair is awaiting its next victim, or has just
been used ... Andy Warhol Big
Electric Chair Grande Chaise électrique Silla
eléctrica 1967 Silkscreen ink on Acrylic paint on
primed Canvas Encre sérigraphique et peinture
acrylique sur toile Froehlich Collection,
Stuttgart
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You have waited a long time, but salvation is
just down the hall, in that chair
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