Tag: Belgium

L’Esprit de géométrie (1937)

Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Esprit de géométrie (The Spirit of Geometry) 1937 Gouache on paper, 37.5 × 29.2 cm Tate Britain, London Magritte exchanges the heads of a mother and a baby – compressing one and enlarging the other. The effect is…

Le Coup de lumière (1935)

Ensor, James (1860-1949) Le Coup de lumière (Effect of Light) 1935 Oil on canvas, 50.8 × 61.6 cm Tate Britain, London Although this picture was dated 1926 when exhibited at the Leicester Galleries, its first owner, Sam Salz, said that it…

The Mine Crachet-Picquery (1888-1890)

Boch, Eugène (1855-1941) The Mine Crachet-Picquery in Frameries, Borinage 1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 56 x 78 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Exchanged by the artist with Theo van Gogh, Paris, 22 June 1890. See also: • Van Gogh, Theo (1857-1891)

Eugène Boch

(1855–1941) The artist’s works: The Mine Crachet-Picquery 1888–1890 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Eugène Boch in Art: Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Eugène Boch 1888 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Chambre à coucher 1888 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam   Born September 1…

Les Patineurs (1889)

Ensor, James (1860-1949) Les Patineurs (The Ice Skaters) 1889 Hand-colored etching and drypoint, 17.8 x 23.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

River Landscape (1607)

Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) River Landscape 1607 Oil on coppper, 20.7 x 32.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington People gather under trees next to an expansive river dotted with boats in this horizontal landscape painting. The people are tiny…

Les intermittences du coeur (1950)

Magritte, René (1898-1967) Les intermittences du coeur (The Fickleness of the Heart) 1950 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 63.5 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford The Belgian Surrealist Magritte developed a set of symbols that he used in new combinations throughout his career. The…