Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le clown musical (The Clown) 1868 Oil on canvas, 193.5 x 130 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Commission Auguste Renoir made this large painting on commission for the owner of the café of Cirque d’Hiver, the winter circus in Paris.…
Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927) Sarah Bernhardt à table (Sarah Bernhardt at the Table) 1885 Gouache and pastel on paper mounted on canvas, 64 x 91 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923)
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Théodore Duret 1912 Oil on cardboard on wood, 95.2 x 74.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down onto a balding, bearded man with pale, peachy skin and wearing a three-piece suit, seated in a…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) La petite servante (Little Servant Girl) 1916 Oil on canvas, 92.08 x 53.98 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Le sommeil (The Sleep) c.1877–1878 Oil on canvas, 81 x 100 cm Private collection This painting is a study for: Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Le réveil c.1877–1878 Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Le petit lever (The Little Sunrise) 1875 Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 61.3 cm Private collection
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Coin d’un café-concert (Corner of a Café-Concert) probably 1878–1880 Oil on canvas, 97.1 x 77.5 cm National Gallery, London In the middle of the nineteenth century the café-concert became extremely popular in France, and Parisian establishments such as the…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Eva Gonzalès 1870 Oil on canvas, 191.1 x 133.4 cm National Gallery, London Eva Gonzalès (1849–1883), Manet’s only formal pupil, was a successful artist and a regular exhibitor at the Salon. This portrait was probably started in February…
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Sappho and Alcaeus 1881 Oil on panel, 66 × 122 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See also: • Alcaeus (c.620 BC-c.580 BC) | Sappho (7th-6th century BC)
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Finding of Moses 1904 Oil on canvas, 136.7 × 213.4 cm Private collection