Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Le panier de pommes (The Basket of Apples) c.1893 Oil on canvas, 65 × 80 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Art, Paul Cézanne once claimed, is “a harmony running parallel to nature,” not an imitation of nature.…
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Le Wagon de troisième classe (The Third-Class Carriage) 1864 Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 90.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York As a graphic artist and painter, Daumier chronicled the impact of industrialization on modern urban life in…
Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) Les jeunes filles (Young Girls) 1910–1911 Oil on canvas, 115 x 146 cm Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Filles pêcheuses de moules (Girls Fishing for Mussels) c.1888–1889 Oil on canvas, 56 x 46.4 cm Pola Museum of Art, Hakone Compare with: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Pêcheuses de moules à Berneval 1879 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia See also: • Berneval-le-Grand (France)
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…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Sant’Antonio di Padova con Gesù Bambino (St. Anthony of Padua and the Child Jesus) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 225 x 176 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) wears a Franciscan habit and meditates…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Abramo e i tre angeli (Abraham and the three angels) c.1770 Oil on canvas, 196 x 151 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This painting presents an event mentioned in the book of Genesis (18, 1.19). Giambattista Tiepolo…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Les Poseuses (The Models) 1886–1888 Oil on canvas, 200 x 249.9 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia In this scene set inside the artist’s studio, Seurat depicts models posing in front of A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884 (1884–86;…
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…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Nature morte avec pommes, poires et grenades (Still Life with Apples, Pears, and Pomegranates) 1871 or 1872 Oil on canvas, 26.99 × 42.23 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Gustave Courbet was arrested in June 1871 and…