Category: Works

La Seine aux Andelys (1886)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) La Seine aux Andelys (The Seine at Les Andelys) 1886 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 64.8 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena See also: • Les Andelys (France)

Lavandières au bord de la Seine aux Andelys (c.1897)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Lavandières au bord de la Seine aux Andelys (Washerwomen by the Seine at Les Andelys) c.1897 Color lithograph, 30.2 × 45.5 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia In the 1890s Signac and his colleagues challenged the methods of the Impressionists…

Le petit déjeuner (1920)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le petit déjeuner (Breakfast) 1920 Oil on canvas, 64.1 x 73.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia The artist’s model Antoinette Arnoud twists in her chair and glances from her book, lost in melancholic thoughts or daydreams. Similar images…

Le Départ du vapeur de Folkestone (1868-1872)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Départ du vapeur de Folkestone (The Folkestone Boat, Boulogne) c.1868–1872 Oil on canvas, 60 x 73.5 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia This image of the steam ferry that carried passengers from Boulogne to Folkestone, on the Channel…

Le Kearsarge à Boulogne (1864)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Kearsarge à Boulogne (The Kearsarge at Boulogne) 1864 Oil on canvas, 81.6 x 100 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York During the American Civil War, the United States warship Kearsarge made headlines after sinking the Confederate…

San Buenaventura en el Concilio de Lyon (c.1629)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Buenaventura en el Concilio de Lyon (Saint Bonaventure at the Council of Lyon) c.1629 Oil on canvas, 250 x 225 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Church of Saint Bonaventure College, Seville, circa 1629; deposited, by order of…

Exposición del cuerpo de San Buenaventura (c.1629)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Exposición del cuerpo de San Buenaventura (Exhibition of the Body of Saint Bonaventure) c.1629 Oil on canvas, 245 x 220 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Painted for the church of the San Buenaventura college in Seville, around 1629;…

Jeune femme en costume du XVIe siècle

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Jeune femme en costume du XVIe siècle (Young woman in 16th century costume) s.d. Pencil, red chalk, watercolor, 23.6 x 13.2 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Study for the painting kept in the Harrington Collection (Indianapolis), inspired by Goethe‘s…