Tag: Art

Musée de l’Orangerie (Paris)

Opened: 1927 Address: Jardin des Tuileries, 75001 Paris, France Website: https://www.musee-orangerie.fr/ Collection: • Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906): Pommes et biscuits (1880) • Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956): Portrait de madame Paul Guillaume (c.1928) • Matisse, Henri (1869-1954): Femme au violon (1921-22) • Picasso, Pablo…

Le repas du lion (c.1907)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Le repas du lion (The Repast of the Lion) c.1907 Oil on canvas, 113.7 x 160 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work was probably shown in the Salon d’Automne of 1907, but it treats a theme…

Berges de la Bièvre près de Bicêtre (c.1908-1909)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Berges de la Bièvre près de Bicêtre (Banks of the Bièvre near Bicêtre) c.1908–1909 Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 45.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rousseau identified the subject of this painting in a handwritten note, affixed…

Portrait de la seconde femme de Rousseau (1903)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Portrait de la seconde femme de l’Artiste avec une lampe (Portrait of the Artist’s Second Wife with a Lamp) 1903 Oil on canvas, 23 x 19 cm Musée Picasso, Paris Picasso in his studio holding Rousseau’s Self-portrait with a…

Portrait de l’artiste à la lampe (1903)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Portrait de l’artiste à la lampe (Self-portrait with a Lamp) 1903 Oil on canvas, 23 x 19 cm Musée Picasso, Paris Picasso in his studio holding Rousseau’s Self-portrait with a lamp and Portrait of the artist’s second wife with a lamp, which…

Musée Picasso (Paris)

Opened: 1985 Address: Hôtel Salé, 5 rue de Thorigny, 75003 Paris, France Website: https://www.museepicassoparis.fr/ Collection: • Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956): Réunion à la campagne (1909) • Matisse, Henri (1869-1954): Marguerite (1906-07) • Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973): Maya à la poupée (1938) • Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973):…

Les joueurs de football (1908)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Les joueurs de football (The Football Players) 1908 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.1 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Henri Rousseau endured the art-historical misfortune of being a working-class late bloomer—he was a Sunday painter who only began to…

Les artilleurs (c.1893-1895)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Les artilleurs (Artillerymen) c.1893–1895 Oil on canvas, 80.6 x 100.6 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Henri Rousseau endured the art-historical misfortune of being a working-class late bloomer—he was a Sunday painter who only began to paint seriously in his…

Woman with a Pearl Necklace (1663-1665)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Woman with a Pearl Necklace (Vrouw met parelsnoer) 1663–1665 Oil on canvas, 56.1 x 47.4 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SIGNATURE / INSCRIPTION: Inscription on the table top: IVMeer (IVM in ligature) A young woman stands at a table and…