Tag: cityscape

La Ville entière (1934)

Ernst, Max (1891-1976) La Ville entière (The Entire City) 1934 Oil on paper on canvas, 50.2 × 61.3 cm Tate Britain, London A crumbling city looms oppressively below the ring-shaped moon. Ernst made a whole series of such works. The imagery may…

Dadaville (c.1924)

Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Dadaville c.1924 Painted plaster and cork on canvas, 68 × 56 x 6.3 cm Tate Britain, London After the destruction of the First World War, a group of European artists came together to create a new way of…

Veduta del Molo, Venezia (1730)

Canaletto (1697-1768) Veduta del Molo, Venezia (View of the Molo, Venice) 1730 Oil on canvas, 67.3 x 83.2 cm Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia See also: • Venezia (Italia)

Pompiers courant à un incendie (1851)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Pompiers courant à un incendie (Firefighters running to a fire) 1851 Oil on canvas, 388 x 580 cm Petit Palais, Paris The Firemen is one of Courbet’s most enigmatic large-scale works. After the death of her brother, Juliette Courbet…

L’église de Moret, le soir (1894)

Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) L’église de Moret, le soir (The Church of Moret, Evening) 1894 Oil on canvas, 101 x 82 cm Petit Palais, Paris An impressionist from the early days, mainly attracted by the landscapes of Ile de France, the British…

Le retour de l’enfant prodigue (1862)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le retour de l’enfant prodigue (The Return of the Prodigal Son) 1862 Oil on canvas, 115 x 206 cm Petit Palais, Paris Tissot portrays the parable of the prodigal son in the Middle Ages. As a historical painter, he…