Tag: Courbet

La mer calme (1869)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La mer calme (The Calm Sea) 1869 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 73 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Courbet painted this view looking out over the English Channel during a visit to Étretat along the…

La jeune baigneuse (1866)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La jeune baigneuse (The Young Bather) 1866 Oil on canvas, 130.2 x 97.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The traditional theme of women bathing attracted Courbet’s attention repeatedly in the 1860s. This scene revisits a…

L’Amazone (c.1855-1859)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) L’Amazone (Woman in a Riding Habit) c.1855–1859 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 89.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting of a horsewoman (in French, amazone) was first observed in Courbet’s studio in the late…

Le Puits Noir (c.1864)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le Puits Noir (A Brook at Le puits noir, near Ornans) c.1864 Oil on canvas, 55 x 89 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Courbet visited the famous grotto near his native Ornans called Le puits noir, or…

Champfleury

(1821–1889) Jules François Félix Husson Works: • Les chats (1869) • Richard Wagner (1860) Champfleury in Art: Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) L’Atelier du peintre 1854–1855 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Hommage à Delacroix 1864 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique…

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

(1834–1903) The artist’s works: At the Piano 1858–1859 Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati Billingsgate 1859 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Fantin-Latour drawing 1859 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Portrait of the Artist 1859 Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Lime Burner 1859 Victoria and Albert Museum, London…

Gustave Courbet

(1819–1877) Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet The artist’s works: Juliette Courbet à l’âge de dix ans c.1841 Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Courbet au chien noir 1842–1844 Petit Palais, Paris Portrait de Juliette Courbet 1844 Petit Palais, Paris Portrait d’une jeune femme…

Toledo Museum of Art

Founded: 1901 Address: 2445 Monroe St, Toledo, OH 43620, United States Website: https://www.toledomuseum.org/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…

Charles Baudelaire

(1821–1867) Charles-Pierre Baudelaire Works: • Les Fleurs du Mal (1857) • The Flowers of Evil (English) Quotes: • Charles Baudelaire: Quotations Baudelaire in Art: Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Portrait de Baudelaire s.d. Musée du Louvre, Paris     Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) L’Atelier du peintre 1854–1855 Musée…