Tag: 1884

Soirée à la fenêtre (1884)

Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Soirée à la fenêtre (Evening at the Window) 1884 Etching and drypoint Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Alphonse Legros taught for nearly two decades as a professor of fine arts at the Slade School in London and was…

Villas à Trouville (1884)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Villas à Trouville (Villas at Trouville) 1884 Oil on canvas, 66 x 81.3 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Gustave Caillebotte painted this view of villas at Trouville, a small town on the Normandy coast, using the distinctive…

The Yellow Room (c.1883-1884)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) The Yellow Room c.1883–1884 Watercolor and gouache on paperboard, 24.8 × 17.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Yellow Room is among Whistler’s most accomplished watercolors, a harmonious “arrangement” of violet and yellow, dating…

Portrait de Mlle Quivoron (1860-1914)

Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916) Portrait de Mlle Quivoron (Portrait of Mlle Quivoron) 1860–1914 Etching, drypoint, 39 × 26.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is a portrait of Louise, Marie Bracquemond‘s sister, who lived with the artist and her husband…

Le Havre, Le Port (1884)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Le Havre, Le Port (Le Havre, The Port) 1884 Oil on panel, 32.4 x 41.1 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York For Boudin, the sky—with its constant cloud motion and ever-changing light—proved a powerful source of inspiration throughout his…

L’Ambitieuse (1883-1885)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) L’Ambitieuse (Political Woman) 1883–1885 Oil on canvas, 142.24 x 101.6 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo L’Ambitieuse (Political Woman), also referred to as The Reception, belongs to a series of fifteen large paintings that James Tissot executed between…