Month: January 2024

René Descartes (1647-1648)

Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) René Descartes 1647–1648 Oil on oak wood, 19 x 14 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The small painting has been dealt a hard time. Someone has scratched zigzag lines with a pointed object all over the painting. But…

Two figures without gender. Chimeras (1933)

Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Two figures without gender. Chimeras 1933 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Two figures without gender. Chimeras are a complex motif on several levels. The chimera already turns out to be a complex…

Femme au vase (1924)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Femme au vase (Woman with vase) 1924 Oil on canvas, 92 x 65 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen A woman with a red vase in her arms is depicted strictly frontally and with a linear precision that…

La Plaine d’Auvers (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Plaine d’Auvers / Champs de Blé près d’Auvers (The Plain of Auvers / Wheat Fields near Auvers) 1890 Oil on canvas, 50 × 101 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna A blue-green sky, like after a rain, descends…

Nizon (France)

Nizon in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Calvaire et église de Nizon c.1893 High Museum of Art, Atlanta     See also: • Bretagne | Cities | France

Palazzo Bianco (Genova)

Founded: 2006 Address: Via Garibaldi 11, 16124 Genova, Italia Website: https://www.museidigenova.it/it/palazzo-bianco Collection: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Ecce Homo (c.1605) See also: • Genova (Italia) | Museums | Palaces

Jean-Pierre Hoschedé

(1877–1961) Jean-Pierre in Art: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean-Pierre Hoschedé, dit Bébé Jean 1878 Private collection     Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Jardin de l’artiste à Vétheuil 1881 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean-Pierre Hoschedé et Michel Monet c.1887–1890 National…