Month: January 2021

Le clocher de Bazincourt (1885)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le clocher de Bazincourt (The Bell Tower of Bazincourt) 1885 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 53.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis See also: • Bazincourt-sur-Epte (France)

Bazincourt-sur-Epte (France)

Bazincourt in Art: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le clocher de Bazincourt 1885 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis     Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Vue de Bazincourt 1889 Brooklyn Museum, New York     See also: • Cities | France | Normandie

Dark Abstraction (1924)

O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Dark Abstraction 1924 Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 53.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Despite this painting’s modest size, its abstracted, organic forms evoke a monumentality and reverence for nature. Delicate folds of red and green…

View in Suffolk (c.1755)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) View in Suffolk c.1755 Oil on canvas, 95.9 x 125.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis The sun-drenched river bank, an amorous couple, and a leisurely rider offer a variety of details that create an idyllic setting. This…

San Francisco contemplando una calavera (c.1635)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco contemplando una calavera (St. Francis Contemplating a Skull) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 30.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis St. Francis of Assisi was a 13th-century Christian friar and preacher famous for…

Baigneurs (1890-1892)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Baigneurs (Bathers) 1890–1892 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 66 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis A group of male bathers relaxes alongside a riverbank: all are nude with the exception of a single figure to the right…

Elvira reposant à une table (c.1918-1919)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Elvira reposant à une table (Elvira Resting at a Table) c.1918–1919 Oil on canvas, 92.7 × 60.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis This woman was one of Amedeo Modigliani’s favorite models, a young worker known only…

Fille à la mandoline (1860-1865)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Fille à la mandoline (Girl with Mandolin) 1860–1865 Oil on canvas, 51.4 x 40.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was nearly 70 years old and at the height of his considerable fame as a…

Intérieur à Nice (c.1919)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur à Nice (Interior at Nice) c.1919 Oil on canvas, 66.7 x 54.9 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis In this canvas, Henri Matisse evoked the relaxed atmosphere of Nice, France, a seaside city where the artist lived…

Judgement of Paris (1530)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Judgement of Paris 1530 Oil and tempera on panel, 50.8 x 36.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Lucas Cranach’s interpretation of the Judgment of Paris is a medieval retelling of an ancient beauty contest.…