Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Les Jockeys (The Jockeys) 1882 Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 45 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection «In our family,» Toulouse-Lautrec quipped, «once baptised, one is in the saddle.» Lautrec‘s father was a fanatical -and somewhat…
Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Pont de la Concorde 1913–1915 Oil on canvas, 60 × 83.2 cm Tate Britain, London A view from the Pont de la Concorde in Paris, looking up the Seine towards the Ile de la Cité and Notre-Dame. The other…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) L’Inondation à Port-Marly (The Flood at Port-Marly) 1876 Oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen Sisley settled in Marly-le-Roi in the spring of 1875 and stayed for three years, so he was there to…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) L’Inondation à Port-Marly (The Flood at Port-Marly) 1876 Oil on canvas, 60 x 81 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) L’Inondation à Port-Marly 1876 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) L’Inondation à Port-Marly 1876 Museo…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) L’Inondation à Port-Marly (The Flood at Port-Marly) 1876 Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection Based in Marly-le-Roi from 1874 to 1877, Sisley executed a group of seven paintings on the flooding…
Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Three Seated Figures 1941 Indian ink with charcoal, wax crayon on papel mounted on board, 48 x 37 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©The Henry Moore Foundation. All Rights Reserved Drawing became an ideal medium for the British sculptor…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Il giudizio di Salomone (The Judgement of Solomon) c.1665 Oil on canvas, 250.8 x 308 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection This large-format canvas is a superb example of Italian Baroque painting. In this strongly narrative scene,…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Louvre, matin, soleil (The Louvre, Morning, Sunlight) 1901 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis As a young man, Camille Pissarro advised that the best way to advance French art would…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Street of the Great Captain, Córdoba 1910 Oil on board, 64.8 x 52.4 x 1 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Brushstrokes of intense greens, blues, and whites create rhythmic patterns across this canvas. Childe Hassam was…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) La crocifissione (The Crucifixion) 1745–1750 Oil on canvas, 79.4 x 88.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Giambattista Tiepolo’s painting of the crucifixion and death of Christ is infused with fresh energy. Before Tiepolo, most artists arranged…