Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Deux filles bretonnes au bord de la mer (Two Breton Girls by the Sea) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 73.6 cm National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo See also: • Bretagne (France)
Deux filles bretonnes au bord de la mer (1889)
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La salle à manger (1886-1887)
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) La salle à manger, Opus 152 (The Dining Room, Opus 152) 1886–1887 Oil on canvas, 89.5 x 116.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Meeting The young Signac begins his painting career as an impressionist. That changes in 1884 when…
Pêcheuses de moules à Berneval (1879)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Pêcheuses de moules à Berneval, côte normand (Mussel-Fishers at Berneval) 1879 Oil on canvas, 176.2 x 130.2 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Mussel-Fishers at Berneval was the last Renoir to enter Albert Barnes‘s collection. He bought the painting in 1942…
La récolte des pommes à Éragny (1888)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La récolte des pommes à Éragny (Apple Harvest at Éragny) 1888 Oil on canvas, 60.96 x 73.98 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Points of red, blue, green, pink, lavender, orange, and yellow create a stylized and…
Paysanne portant deux bottes de foin (1883)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Paysanne portant deux bottes de foin (Peasant Woman Carrying Two Bundles of Hay) 1883 Oil on canvas, 73.66 × 60.96 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
A la Bastille, Jeanne Wenz (1888)
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) A la Bastille, Jeanne Wenz (At the Bastille, Jeanne Wenz) 1888 Oil on canvas, 72.5 x 49.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Wenz, Jeanne
Une serveuse au restaurant Duval (c.1875)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Une serveuse au restaurant Duval (Waitress at Duval’s Restaurant) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 71.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The title Renoir conferred on this painting is untraced. By 1885 it was on…
Portrait of Aechje Claesdr (1634)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Aechje Claesdr 1634 Oil on oak, 71.1 x 55.9 cm National Gallery, London The optical illusion created by this painting, is a powerful one. Rembrandt has used contrasts between light and dark – for example, the…
Agar e Ismaele nel deserto confortati dall’angelo (1652-1653)
Guercino (1591-1666) Agar e Ismaele nel deserto confortati dall’angelo (The Angel appears to Hagar and Ishmael) 1652–1653 Oil on canvas, 193 x 229 cm National Gallery, London The story of Hagar and Ishmael is told in the Old Testament (Genesis…
La Chanteuse de rue (c.1862)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Chanteuse de rue (Street Singer) c.1862 Oil on canvas, 171.1 x 105.8 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Awkwardly clutching her guitar and a parcel of cherries, a street musician hitches up her skirt to facilitate her…