Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Vignes à Cagnes (The Vineyards at Cagnes) 1908 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 55.2 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Here, Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicts a woman reading beneath an olive tree on his estate near Cagnes, in the…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Lavandières dans une saule (Washerwomen in a Willow Grove) 1871 Oil on canvas, 38.1 x 46.2 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Famille Henriot (Henriot Family) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 164.1 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Daytrips to the countryside around Paris became a popular form of leisure during the late 19th century. Renoir alludes to this kind…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Les Vessenots in Auvers 1890 Oil on canvas, 55 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This landscape of ‘Les Vessenots,’ on the outskirts of Auvers, shows a group of old country cottages placed just below a raised…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Jalais Hill, Pontoise 1867 Oil on canvas, 87 x 114.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This view of Pontoise, just northwest of Paris, helped establish Pissarro’s reputation as an innovative painter of the rural French landscape. The…
Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) Réunion à la campagne, Apollinaire et ses amis (Meeting in the countryside, Apollinaire and his friends) 1909 Oil on canvas, 130 x 194 cm Musée Picasso, Paris See also: • Apollinaire, Guillaume (1880-1918) | Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) | Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La ferme des Collettes, Cagnes (The Farm at Les Collettes, Cagnes) c.1908–1914 Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 65.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In 1907, Renoir purchased the estate of Les Collettes at Cagnes on…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Aux courses en province (At the Races in the Countryside) 1869 Oil on canvas, 36.5 x 55.9 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston