Tag: 1878

Place de la Trinité (c.1878)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Place de la Trinité (Trinity Square) c.1878 Oil on canvas, 51 x 62.7 cm Private collection Painted circa 1878, Place de la Trinité represents the height of Renoir’s engagement with Impressionism and emphasizes the importance of his unique…

Square de la Trinité (1878-1879)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Square de la Trinité 1878–1879 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 65.4 cm Private collection Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Square de la Trinité depicts a Parisian park on a gloriously sunny morning. Populated by elegant figures, this verdant park is lush…

Rue Saint-Denis, Fête du 30 juin 1878 (c.1878)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Rue Saint-Denis, Fête du 30 juin 1878 (Rue Saint-Denis, Celebration of 30th June 1878) c.1878 Oil on canvas, 76 x 52 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen The subject of this painting is the first official national celebration to take…

Portrait de Madame X (1878)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Portrait de Madame X (Portrait of Madame X) 1878 Pastel, 63 x 50 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier A central figure in Impressionism, Caillebotte trained in 1871 in the very academic studio of Léon Bonnat. While he passed the entrance…

La tasse de chocolat (1877-1878)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La tasse de chocolat (The Cup of Chocolate) 1877–1878 Oil on canvas, 100.8 x 81.5 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Femme prenant du chocolat c.1912 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) La tasse de chocolat c.1914…

Plage à marée basse (c.1850)

Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Plage à marée basse (Beach at Ebb Tide) c.1850 / c.1878 Oil on panel, 35 x 55 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Daubigny painted this beautiful seascape in Villerville-sur-Mer in Normandy. On an otherwise empty beach, a lone shell seeker walks…

Peacock (1878)

Morris, William (1834-1896) Peacock 1878 Tapestry, 290 x 168 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Tapestry: wool weave, twill weave (twisted woolen warp, green; woolen wefts, dark blue and light blue, and slatted wefts, ochre, orange, green, brown and blue); pattern reproduced 4…

Louise Abbéma (1878)

Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Louise Abbéma 1878 Marble, 42 x 27 x 22 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Inscription: À sa d. SARAH BERNHARDT. 1878. See also: • Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927)