Tag: Art

Charles Monginot

(1825–1900) The artist’s works: Nature morte c.1853 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Après la chasse 1864 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Monginot in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries 1862 National Gallery, London   Occupation Painter

Bal du moulin de la Galette (1876)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Bal du moulin de la Galette (Dance at Le moulin de la Galette) 1876 Oil on canvas, 131.5 x 176.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris From 1879 to 1894, in the Gustave Caillebotte collection. This painting is doubtless Renoir‘s most…

Eugène Cyrille Brunet

(1828–1921) Louis-Jean Delton or Jean Delton Jr., Visiting card portrait of Eugène Cyrille Brunet (around 1875), Manet Album, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France. Brunet in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries 1862 National Gallery, London   Wife Caroline Brunet, née…

Albert de Balleroy

(1828–1872) Albert Felix Justin de la Cour de Balleroy The artist’s works: La curée d’un lapin 1862 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Le débuché 1863 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Comte Albert de Balleroy in Art: Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Le Lièvre, d’après A. de Balleroy 1865 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland…

Autoportrait (1876)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1876 Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 57.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA In the first flush of major success as an artist, Renoir depicts himself in front of an easel. By 1876, he had participated in the…

Autoportrait (c.1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 39.1 x 31.6 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown When Renoir made this self-portrait in 1875, his paintings were bringing in little income. The artist presents himself with unkempt hair and beard, yet smartly…

Autoportrait (1899)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1899 Oil on canvas, 41.4 x 33.7 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Renoir presents himself in this self-portrait as a mature and confident man. He was in his late fifties and well-established as an artist; the flowered…