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Constantin Guys

1802

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1938-57-112
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Constantin Guys was a French Crimean War correspondent, water color painter and illustrator for British and French newspapers.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (14)

Standing Woman

1870 · Pen and brown ink, and brush and black, gray and brown wash, on cream wove paper (discolored to tan)

35.2 × 25.5 cm (13 7/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Women Dancing in a Brothel

1865 · Brown ink and gray wash on off-white, heavy wove paper mounted on cardboard

6 7/8 x 9 13/16 in. (17.4 x 25 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Young Woman in a Blue and Black Dress

1863 · Pen and brown ink with watercolor wash on off-white wove paper

8 1/2 x 6 5/8 in. (21.6 x 16.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three-Quarter Length Portrait of a Woman

1860 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over graphite, on ivory wove paper

28.8 × 19.6 cm (11 3/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Gentlemen and a Lady

1855 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, green and blue wash, over graphite with touches of red chalk

sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 5/16 in. (24.4 x 18.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte on the Second of December

1851 · Graphite, brown ink, and gray wash on off-white wove paper

6 5/16 x 11 5/8 in. (16.1 x 29.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Parisienne Seen from the Back

1850 · graphite, brown ink, gray and brown wash on buff wove paper darkened through exposure to light

9 13/16 x 7 5/16 in. (24.9 x 18.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Carriage in London

1848 · Pen and brown ink with watercolor over graphite on heavy buff wove paper

11 9/16 x 17 5/16 in. (29.3 x 43.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Reception

1847 · Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor, over graphite, on ivory laid paper

17.8 × 19.7 cm (7 1/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Women

1835 · Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper

32.3 × 22.3 cm (12 3/4 × 8 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Women in Yellow Kerchiefs

1822 · Brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper

31 × 21.8 cm (12 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

After the Ballet

1822 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over graphite, on ivory wove paper

10 × 10 cm (3 15/16 × 3 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hyde Park

1822 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove paper

19.8 × 19.1 cm (7 13/16 × 7 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman Standing in a Doorway

1815 · Pen and brown ink, brown and black wash, over traces of graphite

10 1/2 x 7 1/16 in. (26.7 x 18 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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14 published of 14 catalogued · 14 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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