Tag: 1872

Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water (1872)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water 1872 Oil on canvas, 51 × 76.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In the early 1870s James McNeill Whistler took a radical step toward abstraction with his Nocturnes series. In…

La Vague (c.1872)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Vague (The Wave) c.1872 Oil on canvas, 54.2 × 73.1 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Une histoire intéressante (c.1872)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Une histoire intéressante (An interesting story) c.1872 Oil on canvas, 59.7 × 76.6 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Compare: Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le Thé 1872 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Tissot, James (1836-1902) Mauvaises nouvelles,…

La Régalade (1862-1872)

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…

Berthe Morisot (c.1869-1873)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Berthe Morisot c.1869–1873 Oil on fabric, 74 x 60 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Manet kept this portrait of Morisot throughout his life, and it was listed in the inventory of his studio after his death. This…