Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Jésus insulté par les soldats (Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers) 1865 Oil on canvas, 190.8 × 148.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago For this monumental painting, Édouard Manet depicted Jesus Christ at the end of his life,…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Berthe Morisot à l’éventail (Portrait of Berthe Morisot with a Fan) 1874 Watercolor on paper, 209 × 168 mm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Édouard Manet represented his close friend artist Berthe Morisot twelve times between…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune femme cousant (Young Woman Sewing) 1879 Oil on canvas, 61.4 × 50.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The model for this elegant painting of a French bourgeois woman sewing may be Aline Charigot, whom Pierre-Auguste Renoir would…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jean Renoir cousant (Jean Renoir Sewing) 1899–1900 Oil on canvas, 55.4 × 46.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s son Jean, seen here, served as a model for his father from a young age. Renoir so loved…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Chrysanthèmes (Chrysanthemums) 1881–1882 Oil on canvas, 54.8 × 65.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago “I just let my brain rest when I paint flowers,” Pierre-Auguste Renoir remarked. “I don’t experience the same tension as I do when confronted…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Acrobates au cirque Fernando (Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando) 1879 Oil on canvas, 131.2 × 99.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The two little circus girls in this painting are Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg, who performed as acrobats…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Alfred Sisley 1876 Oil on canvas, 66.2 × 54.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899)