Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) La classe de danse (The Dance Class) 1874 Oil on canvas, 83.5 x 77.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work and its variant in the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, represent the most ambitious paintings Degas devoted to…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) La classe de danse (The Dance Class) 1873–1876 Oil on canvas, 85.5 x 75 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Degas regularly went to the Paris opera house, not only as a member of the audience, but as a visitor…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Madame Manet 1874–1876 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 50.8 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Manet met his future wife, Suzanne Leenhoff, in 1850, when she arrived in his parents’ household as a piano teacher. Before their marriage, Suzanne…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Juliette Courbet 1873–1874 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65.5 cm Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo Juliette, the youngest of the artist’s three sisters, was to become the faithful conservator of his studio. The work…
(1799–1874) Léonard Renoir in Art: Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Léonard Renoir, le père de l’artiste 1869 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Wife Marguerite Merlet (1807-1896) Son Pierre Henri Renoir (1832-1903) Daughter-in-law Blanche-Marie Blanc (1841-1910?) Son Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Daughter-in-law Aline Charigot (1859-1915) Grandson Pierre Renoir (1885-1952) Grandson…
(1789–1874) Vincent’s Grandfather in Art: Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Vincent van Gogh, Grandfather 1881 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam See also: • Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Boulevard des Capucines 1873–1874 Oil on canvas, 80.33 x 60.33 cm Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City See also: • Boulevard des Capucines (Paris)
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