Tag: 1888

Avant la course (c.1882-1888)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant la course (Before the Race) c.1882–1888 Oil on paper laid down on panel, 29.5 x 46.5 cm Private collection Compare: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant la course 1882–1884 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore     Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant…

Joseph Roulin assis (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Joseph Roulin assis (Joseph Roulin seated) 1888 Oil on canvas, 81.3 cm × 65.4 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Van Gogh left Paris for Arles, a small town in southern France, in February 1888, where he…

Portrait de Madame Cézanne (1888-1890)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Portrait de Madame Cézanne (Portrait of Madame Cézanne) 1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 73 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Marie-Hortense Fiquet posed frequently for her husband, Paul Cézanne. The two met in Paris in 1869, when Fiquet was…

Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune (1888-1890)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune (Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair) 1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 80.9 × 64.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This portrait is one in a series of four Paul Cézanne made of his…

Arlésiennes, Mistral (1888)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Arlésiennes (Mistral) 1888 Oil on jute canvas, 73 × 92 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago One of seventeen canvases that Paul Gauguin completed during a brief and tumultuous visit with Vincent van Gogh in Arles, this powerful…

Au Cirque Fernando: L’Écuyère (1887-1888)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Au Cirque Fernando: L’Écuyère (At the Cirque Fernando: The Horsewoman) 1887–1888 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 161.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This work, set at a circus, captures the tense moment in which a female…

Evening (1888)

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Evening 1888 Oil on canvas, 75 x 100.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Munch Museum / Munch-Ellingsen Group / VEGAP, Madrid From very early on in his career Edvard Munch aimed to convey the angst and isolation characteristic of…

The Stevedores in Arles (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Stevedores in Arles 1888 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid When Vincent van Gogh arrived in Arles in February 1888 seeking the luminous atmosphere of the French Midi, he eschewed pointillist and…

L’Excursionniste (c.1888)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) L’Excursionniste (The Excursionist) c.1888 Oil on canvas, 61.5 x 50 cm Musée d’art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre