Tag: Art

Madame Édouard Manet (c.1873)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Madame Édouard Manet c.1873 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 78.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet undertook only six portraits of his wife, the Dutch pianist Suzanne Leenhoff, in the years after their marriage in…

George Moore au café (1878 or 1879)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) George Moore au café (George Moore at the Café) 1878 or 1879 Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this unfinished portrait of 1878 or 1879, Manet depicts the Irish…

George Moore (1879)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) George Moore 1879 Pastel on canvas, 55.2 x 35.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This pastel, executed in one sitting, depicts the Irish critic and novelist George Moore. He used it as the frontispiece for…

Tama, le chien japonais (c.1875)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Tama, le chien japonais (Tama, the Japanese Dog) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A small, shaggy, black and white dog stands in a wood paneled room with its body…

Aux courses (c.1875)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Aux courses (At the Races) c.1875 Oil on wood, 12.6 x 21.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We find ourselves on an emerald-green, grassy racetrack as a dusty cluster of horses and their jockeys bear directly…

Bal masqué à l’Opéra (1873)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Bal masqué à l’Opéra (Masked Ball at the Opera) 1873 Oil on canvas, 59.1 x 72.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Manet came from a well–to–do family, and this painting provides a glimpse of the sophisticated…

L’Acteur tragique (1866)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Acteur tragique, Rouvière dans le rôle d’Hamlet (The Tragic Actor, Rouvière as Hamlet) 1866 Oil on canvas, 187.2 x 108.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A bearded man with light skin, wearing a black costume and…

Nature morte au melon et aux pêches (1866)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Nature morte au melon et aux pêches (Still Life with Melon and Peaches) 1866 Oil on canvas, 68.3 x 91 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A white rose, grapes and other fruit, a squat gourd, a…