Tag: beach

Femmes de Tahiti, ou Sur la plage (1891)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Femmes de Tahiti, ou Sur la plage (Tahitian Women on the Beach) 1891 Oil on canvas, 69 x 91.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris In 1891, Gauguin went to Tahiti, an island he imagined to be a primitive paradise. The…

Marine à Sainte-Adresse (1865)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Marine à Sainte-Adresse (Beach at Sainte-Adresse) 1865 Oil on canvas, 58.4 x 140 cm High Museum of Art, Atlanta On a windy, overcast day on the northern coast of France, fishing boats ply the choppy waters. In this unsentimental…

Moulin Huet Bay (Guernsey)

Moulin Huet Bay in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Collines autour de la baie de Moulin Huet 1883 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Moulin Huet Bay, Guernesey c.1883 National Gallery, London     See also:…