Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Nu (Nude) 1913 Gouache on paper, 34 x 24 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Marc Chagall first lived in Paris from 1911 to 1914 and it was there that he painted the present Nude in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection. The…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Baigneurs sur la Seine (Bathers in the Seine) 1874–1876 Oil on canvas, 134 x 100 cm Museu de Arte, São Paulo The alternative title “Study from the Nude,” as Camesasca notes (1987, p. 67), is an indication of…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Georges Clemenceau (Portrait of Georges Clemenceau) 1879–1880 Oil on canvas, 115.9 x 88.2 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Shortly after he became prime minister of France in 1906, Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929) ordered Manet’s controversial painting…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Suicidé (The Suicide) c.1877 Oil on canvas, 38 x 46 cm Bührle Collection, Zürich
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Fillette sur un banc (Young Girl on a Bench) 1880 Oil on canvas, 61.6 x 50.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The young girl depicted in this portrait was the daughter of one of Manet‘s acquaintances in the Parisian…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Jeune femme dans un jardin (Young Woman in a Garden) 1879 Oil on canvas, 110.5 x 72.4 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia In this depiction of a fashionable young woman in a Parisian garden, reflective of his painting style…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Berthe Morisot c.1869–1873 Oil on fabric, 74 x 60 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Manet kept this portrait of Morisot throughout his life, and it was listed in the inventory of his studio after his death. This…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Portrait de Verlaine (Portrait of Verlaine) 1867 Oil on canvas, 57.2 x 45.1 cm Private collection A false signature Gustave Courbet covered the real Frédéric Bazille. Signed F. Bazille, dated 1867 and dedicated “à mon cher ami le…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le concert (The Concert) 1918–1919 Oil on canvas, 75.6 × 92.7 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
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…