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Portrait d’une jeune dame (c.1770-1772)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Portrait d’une jeune dame (Portrait of a Young Lady) c.1770–1772 Oil on canvas, 63 x 53 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection It has always been felt that the age of Louis XV finds its most characteristic…

L’Amazone (c.1882)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Amazone (The Horsewoman) c.1882 Oil on canvas, 73 x 52 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid First Manet then the Impressionists followed the road paved by Courbet in representing reality in painting and went even further by initiating new research…

Portrait de Georges Clemenceau (1879-1880)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Georges Clemenceau (Portrait of Georges Clemenceau) 1879–1880 Oil on canvas, 115.9 x 88.2 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Shortly after he became prime minister of France in 1906, Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929) ordered Manet’s controversial painting…

Mendiant en manteau, Le Philosophe (1865-1867)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Mendiant en manteau, Le Philosophe (Beggar with a Duffle Coat, Philosopher) 1865–1867 Oil on canvas, 187.7 × 109.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This painting and Beggar with Oysters were probably conceived as companion pieces. Édouard Manet…

Les Bulles de savon (1867)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Les Bulles de savon (Boy Blowing Bubbles) 1867 Oil on canvas, 100.5 x 81.4 cm Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa See also: • Koelin-Leenhoff, Léon (1852-1927)

Femme à la perruche (1871)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme à la perruche (Woman with Parrot) 1871 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 65.1 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York The woman holding the parakeet is Lise Tréhot, an artist’s model and Renoir’s close companion of six years. Tréhot…

Aline Charigot (c.1885)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Aline Charigot c.1885 Oil on canvas, 65.4 × 54 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Renoir first met Aline Charigot in late 1879. She soon became a favorite model and, in 1890, the artist’s wife. Charigot probably posed for…