Tag: Derain

Suresnes (France)

Suresnes in Art: Derain, André (1880-1954) Le Bal à Suresnes 1903 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis     Deaths: • Hugo, Adèle (1830-1915) See also: • Cities | France

St Paul’s Cathedral (London)

Groundbreaking: 1675 Consecrated: 1697 Completed: 1710 Address: St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom Website: https://www.stpauls.co.uk/ St Paul’s in Art: Derain, André (1880-1954) La Cathédrale Saint-Paul vue de la Tamise 1906 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis     See…

Pont de Charing Cross (c.1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Pont de Charing Cross dit aussi Pont de Westminster (Charing Cross Bridge, also known as Westminster Bridge) c.1906 Oil on canvas, 81 x 100.6 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris At the 1905 Salon d’automne, Derain shared the same…

Route tournante à L’Estaque (1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Route tournante à L’Estaque (The Turning Road, L’Estaque) 1906 Oil on canvas, 129.5 × 194.9 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston André Derain’s masterpiece The Turning Road, L’Estaque is a major work of the avant-garde art movement called…

Esquisse pour ‘Le vieux pont à Cagnes’ (1910)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Esquisse pour ‘Le vieux pont à Cagnes’ (Sketch for ‘The Old Bridge at Cagnes’) 1910 Graphite and watercolour on paper, 19.7 x 22.2 cm Tate Britain, London This drawing dates from a period in which Derain had moved…

Madame Derain au châle blanc (c.1919-1920)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Madame Derain au châle blanc (Madame Derain in a White Shawl) c.1919–1920 Oil on canvas, 195.5 x 97.5 cm Tate Britain, London In this portrait of his wife Alice, Derain has adopted some of the compositional and stylistic…

Paysage près de Barbizon (c.1922)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Paysage près de Barbizon (Landscape near Barbizon) c.1922 Oil on canvas, 70.8 x 72.7 cm Tate Britain, London In 1919 when Derain was demobbed after serving in the First World War, he returned to his painting career. He…

Nature morte (c.1938-1943)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Nature morte (Still Life) c.1938–1943 Oil on canvas, 88.5 x 145.8 cm Tate Britain, London In his work of this period Derain explored the traditions of past art. The unusual size and monumental quality of this painting can…

La piscine de Londres (1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) La piscine de Londres (The Pool of London) 1906 Oil on canvas, 65.7 × 99.1 cm Tate Britain, London This view of the Thames from London Bridge is one of four works painted by Derain, showing the same…

Le peintre et sa famille (c.1939)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Le peintre et sa famille (The Painter and his Family) c.1939 Oil on canvas, 176.5 x 123.8 cm Tate Britain, London This symbolic painting represents the life of an artist. It is an invented scene. Despite usually working…