Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La balançoire (The Swing) 1876 Oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris From 1877 to 1894: in the Gustave Caillebotte collection 1894: accepted by the State as a legacy of Gustave Caillebotte A young…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Pont Neuf à Paris 1872 Oil on canvas, 75.3 x 93.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington While his figure paintings are better known, Renoir‘s landscapes resonate with a vigor and freshness of vision central to…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Joseph Telling his Dreams to his Parents and Brothers 1633 Oil on paper, 51 x 39 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Using loose brushstrokes, Rembrandt sketched Joseph telling his dreams to his parents and brothers. That they do not believe…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Frère et soeur bretons (Breton Brother and Sister) 1871 Oil on canvas, 129.2 x 89.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Based on sketches Bouguereau made while summering in Brittany in the late 1860s, this picture was…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Pierre-Henri Renoir 1870 Oil on canvas, 81 x 64.1 cm Private collection Companion: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Madame Pierre Henri Renoir 1870 Fogg Museum, Cambridge See also: • Renoir, Pierre Henri (1832-1903)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La fin du déjeuner (After the Luncheon) 1879 Oil on canvas, 101 x 81 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt In the arbour of a Parisian restaurant, an abundant meal is drawing to a close. The actress Ellen Andrée has taken…
(1833–1892) Eugène Manet in Art: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Eugène Manet 1874 Private collection Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries 1862 National Gallery, London Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Eugène Manet et sa fille à Bougival 1881 Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris …
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Les orangers (The Orange Trees) 1878 Oil on canvas, 154.94 x 116.84 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston With brilliant hues of reds, greens, purples, and yellows, laid down in the flickering brushwork typical of Impressionism, Gustave Caillebotte…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Jeune homme à sa fenêtre (Young Man at His Window) 1876 Oil on canvas, 116 x 81 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles This painting presents a young man in a dark suit standing at a large open window…
(1857–1891) Theo in Art: Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-Portrait or Portrait of Theo van Gogh 1887 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Works acquired by him: Boch, Eugène (1855-1941) The Mine Crachet-Picquery 1888–1890 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Theo in Film: Lust for…