Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Empire des lumières, II (The Empire of Light, II) 1950 Oil on canvas, 78.8 x 99.1 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York © 2013 C. Herscovici, Brussels / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
L’Empire des lumières, II (1950)
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Golconde (1953)
Magritte, René (1898-1967) Golconde (Golconda) 1953 Oil on canvas, 80 × 100.3 cm Menil Collection, Houston See also: • Golconda (India)
Les Deux Soeurs, Sur la terrasse (1881)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Deux Soeurs, Sur la terrasse (Two Sisters, On the Terrace) 1881 Oil on canvas, 100.4 × 80.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago “He loves everything that is joyous, brilliant, and consoling in life,” an anonymous interviewer once…
Die Drahtziehmühle (c.1489)
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Die Drahtziehmühle (The Wire-drawing Mill) c.1489 Watercolor and gouache on paper, 29 x 42.6 cm Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin The depiction of the landscape environment, which is self-evident and particularly interesting to us, was not common for centuries, from the…
Wapping (1860-1864)
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Wapping 1860–1864 Oil on canvas, 72 x 101.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down at a woman with pale skin and two men with ruddy complexions sitting at a table near a…
Le tre età dell’uomo (1512-1514)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Le tre età dell’uomo (The Three Ages of Man) 1512–1514 Oil on canvas, 90 x 150.7 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh This early work depicts the three stages of life: infancy, adulthood and old age. Cupid clambers over the sleeping…
Vue depuis les jardins Farnèse (1826)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Vue depuis les jardins Farnèse (View from the Farnese Gardens, Rome) 1826 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 24.4475 x 40.005 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington After working several years in France, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot embarked for Italy in…
La Gare de Lordship Lane, Dulwich (1871)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La Gare de Lordship Lane, Dulwich (Lordship Lane Station) 1871 Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 72.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Pissarro spent over a year in London, fleeing the Franco-Prussian war. He painted sights around his…
Les côteaux de l’Hermitage, Pontoise (c.1867)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Les côteaux de l’Hermitage, Pontoise (The Hermitage at Pontoise) c.1867 Oil on canvas, 150.3 x 200 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York The view represented here is a winding village path at the base of a cluster of houses…
Boulevard Montmartre, printemps (1897)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Boulevard Montmartre, printemps (Boulevard Montmartre, Spring) 1897 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Israel Museum, Jerusalem See also: • Boulevard Montmartre (Paris) | Streets | Streets (Paris)