Te Rerioa (1897)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Te Rerioa (The Dream) 1897 Oil on canvas, 95.1 x 130.2 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Paul Gauguin painted this striking work a few years after settling in Tahiti, a French colony in the southern Pacific, and only…

Intérieur avec un écran (c.1909-1910)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Intérieur avec un écran (Interior with a Screen) c.1909–1910 Oil on paper, laid on cardboard and panel, 35.8 x 23.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Like many of Édouard Vuillard’s paintings, this intimate work is painted on paper,…

Pot de fleurs et fruits (c.1888-1890)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Pot de fleurs et fruits (Pot of Flowers and Fruit) c.1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 46 x 56.25 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London The commonplace objects in this deceptively simple still life allow Paul Cézanne to set himself a…

Femme laçant sa chaussure (c.1918)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme laçant sa chaussure (Woman Tying her Shoe) c.1918 Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 56.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This is one of the final paintings Pierre-Auguste Renoir made before his death the following year. Having become…

Les Environs de Pont-Aven (c.1888-1890)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Environs de Pont-Aven (Outskirts of Pont-Aven) c.1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 65 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In the late 1880s, Pierre-Auguste Renoir made several visits to Pont-Aven, an artists’ colony in Brittany where Paul Gauguin…

La maison du péage (c.1890)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La maison du péage (The Toll Gate) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 40.6 x 32.75 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This is the only known painting in which the amateur artist Henri Rousseau referenced his employment as a tax…

Saint-Tropez (c.1893)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Saint-Tropez c.1893 Oil and graphite on panel, 18.8 x 27.1 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Signac moved to St-Tropez in 1892. He was the first Parisian artist to settle in this remote Mediterranean fishing village. He sought ‘sky,…

La Seine à Paris, Pont du Carrousel (1922)

Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) La Seine à Paris, Pont du Carrousel (The Seine in Paris, Pont du Carrousel) 1922 Oil on canvas, 57 x 47 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This view from Pont Royal looks towards Pont du Carrousel, one of…

Bateau au bord de la rivière (c.1883)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Bateau au bord de la rivière (Boat by the Riverbank) c.1883 Oil on panel, 15 x 24 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This small study is one of some fourteen preparatory oil sketches for Georges Seurat’s first major…