Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) c.1557–1560 Oil on canvas, 223 × 120 cm Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano Painted around 1559–60, the painting has much in common with Titian’s mature works. The rendering of the sky is interesting, for the…
Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Paysage avec Figures, Céret (Landscape with Figures, Céret) 1922 Oil on canvas, 73 x 54 cm High Museum of Art, Atlanta Chaïm Soutine painted this landscape in the town of Céret in the French Pyrenees mountains, along with about…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Calvaire et église de Nizon, près de Pont-Aven (Calvary and Church at Nizon, near Pont-Aven) c.1893 Oil on canvas, 39.4 cm x 47 cm High Museum of Art, Atlanta In 1879 Renoir spent the summer in the home of…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Allée de châtaigniers à La Celle-Saint-Cloud (Avenue of Chestnut Trees near La Celle-St-Cloud) 1867 Oil on canvas, 95.5 x 122.2 cm Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton Sisley was born to an English family but spent most of his life…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Vue depuis la route de Versailles, Louveciennes (View from the Versailles Road, Louveciennes) 1870 Oil on canvas, 45.8 x 55.7 cm Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton Camille Pissarro was an important member of the Impressionist group, exhibiting at all…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Une nourrice au Jardin du Luxembourg (A Nanny in the Luxembourg Gardens) c.1872 Oil on canvas, 65 x 92 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier The theme of childhood runs through all of Degas‘ work, from dancers to nurses. This slightly…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Première Sortie (At the Theatre) 1876–1877 Oil on canvas, 65 × 49.5 cm National Gallery, London We seem to be sitting in a box at the theatre, which we share with two young women. But we can’t be…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Champ de coquelicots près de Vétheuil (Poppy field near Vétheuil) c.1879 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm Bührle Collection, Zürich See also: • Vétheuil (France)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La plage de Trouville (The Beach at Trouville) 1870 Oil on canvas, 38 × 46.5 cm National Gallery, London Monet’s earlier paintings of the Normandy coast had emphasised it as a working seascape, peopled with fishermen who had to…
Bacon, Francis (1909-1992) Study for Crouching Nude 1952 Oil and sand on canvas, 198.1 × 137.2 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Few painters have defined the post–World War II era with its existential loathing better than Francis Bacon, the brilliant son…