Tag: cloud

Les Parques (c.1900)

Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Les Parques (The Fates) c.1900 Oil on paper mounted on panel, 33.1 x 25.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Le Cyclope (c.1914)

Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Le Cyclope (The Cyclops) c.1914 Oil on cardboard mounted on panel, 65.8 x 52.7 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Dream world The work of Redon portrays a dream world, inhabited by fairies, monsters, spirits and other fantasy figures. This…

Naissance de Vénus (c.1912)

Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Naissance de Vénus (Birth of Venus) c.1912 Pastel on paper mounted on cardboard, 82 x 62 cm Petit Palais, Paris Associated somewhat reluctantly with Symbolism, Odilon Redon began his career as a creator of monochrome works, charcoals or…

Nice, souvenir de la Promenade des Anglais (1880)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Nice, souvenir de la Promenade des Anglais (Nice, Memories of the Promenade des Anglais) 1880 Oil on canvas, 38.5 x 50 cm Petit Palais, Paris Toulouse-Lautrec painted this promenade scene in 1880 when he was only 17,…

Les Saisons: L’Hiver (c.1860)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Les Saisons: L’Hiver (Seasons: Winter) c.1860 Oil on canvas Petit Palais, Paris Cézanne as a young painter signed “Ingres” on several works. In 1860, Cézanne, still a student at the law faculty in Aix, started out as a painter by…

Les Saisons: L’Automne (c.1860)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Les Saisons: L’Automne (Seasons: Autumn) c.1860 Oil on canvas Petit Palais, Paris Cézanne as a young painter signed “Ingres” on several works. In 1860, Cézanne, still a student at the law faculty in Aix, started out as a painter by…

Les Saisons: L’Eté (c.1860)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Les Saisons: L’Eté (Seasons: Summer) c.1860 Oil on canvas Petit Palais, Paris Cézanne as a young painter signed “Ingres” on several works. In 1860, Cézanne, still a student at the law faculty in Aix, started out as a painter…

Alessandro e Bucefalo (c.1757-1760)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Alessandro e Bucefalo (Alexander and Bucephalus) c.1757–1760 Oil on canvas, 58 x 34.7 cm Petit Palais, Paris One of the rare examples of Italian painting in the collections of the Petit Palais, this is a small canvas of…

Diana Resting (c.1640-1650)

Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Diana Resting c.1640–1650 Oil on canvas, 123 x 159 cm Petit Palais, Paris Cézanne, who once said, “It is grotesque to imagine that we grow like a fungus, when we have all the generations behind us. Why not…