Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les marionnettes (The puppets) 1775–1778 Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 89.8 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi
Les marionnettes (1775-1778)
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Madonna col Bambino (1480-1485)
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child, Wittgenstein Madonna) 1480–1485 Oil on wood, 109 x 85 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi Probably dating from the early 1480s, this work is very representative of the early Venetian Renaissance and the art of…
Suzanne et Lily Butler in Claude Monet’s Garden (c.1894-1895)
Butler, Theodore Earl (1861-1936) Suzanne et Lily Butler in Claude Monet’s Garden c.1894–1895 Oil on canvas, 61 x 71 cm Private collection Claude Monet‘s garden in Giverny left an indelible mark on the history of art. Nurturing his willow trees, flowers…
Claude Monet et Mme Henriot (1880)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Claude Monet et Mme Henriot 1880 Oil on canvas, 54.2 x 73 cm Private collection A leisurely Claude Monet and the stage actress Mme Henriette Henriot are the subjects of Renoir‘s plein-air composition of 1880. Renoir and Monet…
Les Amoureux (1875)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Amoureux (The Lovers) 1875 Oil on canvas, 175 x 130 cm National Gallery, Prague The resting pair of lovers in the middle of nature in the painting Lovers is presented in a highly dynamic painting with rapidly alternating…
Camille Monet (c.1873)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Camille Monet c.1873 Oil on canvas, 58 x 48.5 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris Pierre Auguste Renoir is certainly the artist who most often portrayed Claude Monet and his wife Camille Doncieux. The ten or so paintings he dedicated…
Madame Georges Charpentier (1876-1877)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Madame Georges Charpentier 1876–1877 Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Charpentier, Marguerite-Louise (1848-1904)
Maison de Renoir à Essoyes (1906)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Maison de Renoir à Essoyes (Renoir’s house at Essoyes) 1906 Oil on canvas, 33 x 41 cm Private collection See also: • Charigot, Aline (1859-1915) | Essoyes (France) | Maison de Renoir (Essoyes)
Tanagra (1918)
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Tanagra (The Builders, New York) 1918 Oil on canvas, 149.2 x 149 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington In Tanagra (The Builders, New York), Childe Hassam painted an ambivalent image of modern life. At the turn of the twentieth…
A Souvenir of Velazquez (1868)
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) A Souvenir of Velazquez 1868 Oil on canvas, 102.7 x 82.4 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London The expressionistic brushwork and broad colouring of Millais‘s diploma work contrasts with the restrained naturalism of his earlier Pre-Raphaelite paintings. This…