Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Portrait de Jeanne Wenz (Portrait of Jeanne Wenz) 1886 Oil on canvas, 80.7 × 59.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec painted this portrait when he was only 22 years old and still an art…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Head of a Young Man with Clasped Hands, Study of the Figure of the Christ c.1648–1652 Oil on oak panel, 25.5 x 20.1 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi This work is part of the group of Figures of Christ, alongside six…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Bohémien (The Bohemian) 1861–1862, date of rework: 1867 Oil on canvas, 90.5 x 55.3 x 2.5 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi The pose of this young man with a bent wrist recalls Renaissance painting and endows the work with…
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…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait d’Henriette Henriot (Portrait of Henriette Henriot) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 55 x 46.5 cm Oskar Reinhart Collection ‘Am Römerholz’, Winterthur See also: • Henriot, Henriette (1857-1944)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Claude Monet lisant (Claude Monet reading) c.1873 Oil on canvas, 61.7 x 50 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris Companion: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Camille Monet c.1873 Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Claude Monet, Le Liseur 1872 National Gallery…
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…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Mademoiselle Georgette Charpentier assise (Mlle Georgette Charpentier seated) 1876 Oil on canvas, 97.8 x 70.8 cm Artizon Museum, Tokyo Renoir, an Impressionist, painted landscapes en plein air, as did his friend Monet. He also displayed an interest, early on,…
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)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Monsieur Charpentier c.1879 Oil on canvas, 32.5 x 25 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Renoir‘s skill at rendering his subjects in a flattering light meant that his portraits were in high demand among Parisian bourgeois society. This small portrait likely…