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Haere Pape (1892)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Haere Pape 1892 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 67.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Fed up with industrialized Europe, Paul Gauguin went to Tahiti in 1891 seeking a simpler, more “primitive” way of life, one uncorrupted by modern technology…

La Famille Henriot (c.1875)

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…

L’invention des monstres (1937)

Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) L’invention des monstres (Invention of the monsters) 1937 Oil on canvas, 51.4 x 78.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2018 Salvador Dalí, Surrealism’s most…

La rue Jouvenet à Rouen (1884)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) La rue Jouvenet à Rouen (Rue Jouvenet in Rouen) 1884 Oil on canvas, 55 x 48.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection This quiet street, similar to that of a village, represents the rue Jouvenet in Rouen,…

La partie de croquet (1871)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La partie de croquet (The Croquet Party) 1871 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 73 cm Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Partie de Croquet 1873 Städel Museum, Frankfurt    

La Baigneuse au griffon (1870)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Baigneuse au griffon, Lise au bord de la Seine (Bather with a Griffon Dog, Lise on the Bank of the Seine) 1870 Oil on canvas, 183.5 x 115 cm Museu de Arte, São Paulo Lise Tréhot (1848-1922) posed…

La Promenade (1875-1876)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Promenade (The Walk) 1875–1876 Oil on canvas, 170.2 x 108.3 cm The Frick Collection, New York A young woman shepherds a pair of identically dressed little sisters along the path of a well-maintained public park. All three…