Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Thérèse lisant dans le parc de Méric (Thérèse reading in the park of Méric) 1867 Oil on canvas 92 x 59.2 cm Private collection The subject of this work was Bazille’s cousin and primary subject for many of…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La plage de Sainte-Adresse (The Beach at Sainte-Adresse) 1867 Oil on canvas, 75.8 × 102.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In the summer of 1867 Claude Monet stayed with his aunt in Sainte-Adresse, an affluent suburb of…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Les enfants du pêcheur (The Fisherman’s Children) 1867 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The special appeal of this rather small canvas is threefold: It combines a calm beach at low tide with an…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) L’étang dans la forêt (The Pond in the Forest) c.1867–1868 Oil on canvas, 33.5 x 41.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Degas‘ reputation as a painter of the modern human form had completely eclipsed that of the landscapist, and…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Exécution de l’Empereur Maximilien du Mexique (The Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico) 1867 Oil on canvas, 48 x 58 cm Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen Photograph of the execution of Maximilian (right) Miramón (center) and Mejía (left). Photograph of…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’exécution de Maximilien (The Execution of Maximilian) c.1867–1868 Oil on canvas, 193 x 284 cm National Gallery, London Photograph of the execution of Maximilian (right) Miramón (center) and Mejía (left). Photograph of the Mexican firing squad that executed Emperor…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’exécution de l’empereur Maximilien (The Execution of Emperor Maximilian) 1867 Oil on canvas, 195.9 x 259.7 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston In 1867, Maximilian, emperor of Mexico, was executed with two of his generals—Miguel Miramón and Tomás Mejía—by…
(1832–1867) Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen Emperor of Mexico (1864–1867) Photograph of the execution of Maximilian (right) Miramón (center) and Mejía (left). Photograph of the Mexican firing squad that executed Emperor Maximilian I, commanded by Colonel Palacios (right). Maximilian…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Régalade (Boy with Pitcher) 1862–1872 Oil on canvas, 61.8 × 54.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago “X-radiographs have revealed that this painting is a fragment of Les Gitanes, a large portrait of a gypsy family exhibited…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Mendiant avec des huîtres, Le Philosophe (Beggar with Oysters, Philosopher) 1865–1867 Oil on canvas, 188 × 111 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago By age 30, Édouard Manet had gained recognition at the state-sponsored Salon exhibition in Paris…