Category: Art

Acrobates au cirque Fernando (1879)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Acrobates au cirque Fernando (Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando) 1879 Oil on canvas, 131.2 × 99.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The two little circus girls in this painting are Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg, who performed as acrobats…

Alfred Sisley (1876)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Alfred Sisley 1876 Oil on canvas, 66.2 × 54.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899)

Madame Renoir au chien (1880)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Madame Renoir au chien (Madame Renoir with a Dog) 1880 Oil on canvas, 32 x 41 cm Private collection See also: • Charigot, Aline (1859-1915)

Le Chahut (1889-1890)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Le Chahut 1889–1890 Oil on canvas, 170 x 141 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Cancan The women and men in this painting are enthusiastically dancing the chahut, or cancan, a risqué dance for that period, whereby the women lift their…

Femme au manchon (c.1884)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Femme au manchon (Lady with a muff) c.1884 Conté crayon on paper, 29.5 x 22 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Mock This lady is dressed in the fashion of the day, with her tall hat, constricted waist, the skirt protruding…

Femme sous la lampe (1890)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Femme sous la lampe (Woman by a Lamp) 1890 Oil on wood, 26.1 x 16.6 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Roblès, Berthe (1862-1942)

Le Pin à Saint Tropez (1909)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Le Pin à Saint Tropez (The Pine Tree at Saint Tropez) 1909 Oil on canvas, 72 x 92 cm Pushkin Museum, Moscow See also: • Saint-Tropez (France)