Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Chambre à coucher (The Bedroom / De slaapkamer) 1888 Oil on canvas, 72.4 cm x 91.3 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0482-JH1608 Arles, October 1888 While he was in Arles, Van Gogh made this painting of…
Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Paysage de la Martinique (Landscape on Martinique) 1887–1888 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 73.1 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam A woman enters the scene from stage left, as it were. The long, slender trunks of the trees on each…
Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Allant au marché (Going to Market, Brittany) 1888 Oil on canvas, 37.5 x 46 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis The Pont-Aven artists often painted aspects of daily life in Brittany. In this animated scene, a couple rides…
Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Femmes au bord de la mer, esquisse (Women by the sea, sketch) 1887–1889 Oil on canvas, 65 x 91.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Martinique (France)
Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Autoportrait à l’ami Vincent (Self-Portrait to my friend Vincent) 1888 Oil on canvas, 50.7 x 60.4 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Charles Laval sent this self-portrait to Van Gogh, who was immediately enthusiastic. To his brother Theo he…
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Sleep of King Arthur in Avalon 1881–1898 Oil on canvas, 279.4 × 650.2 cm Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce According to Thomas Malory‘s “Le Morte d’Arthur” (1470), King Arthur suffered a fatal wound in a…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Avenue de Chantilly (Avenue at Chantilly) 1888 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 64.8 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Paul Cézanne combined classical structural stability with a new sense of respect for the inherent two-dimensionality of painting. By…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Antibes vu de la Salis (Antibes Seen from La Salis) 1888 Oil on canvas, 73.3 × 92.1 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo The shimmering light of mid-afternoon infuses Claude Monet’s painting of the old fortified coastal town…
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Doom Fulfilled 1888 Oil on canvas, 155 x 140.5 cm Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart Study: Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Perseus and Andromeda 1875 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This picture, like other members of the series, draws upon…
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) A Priestess of Apollo c.1888 Oil on canvas, 34.9 x 29.8 cm Tate Britain, London In Roman mythology, Apollo was the sun god who lived in Mount Olympus, and who, in the guise of the sun, rode his…