Tag: figure

Soissons vu de la fabrique de M. Henry (1833)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Soissons vu de la fabrique de M. Henry (Soissons seen from Mr. Henry’s factory) 1833 Oil on canvas, 80 x 100.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo The fabrics trader Henry commissioned Corot to paint the view from his home…

L’Arc-en-ciel, Pontoise (1877)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) L’Arc-en-ciel, Pontoise (The Rainbow, Pontoise) 1877 Oil on canvas, 52.9 x 81.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Impressionistic The rainbow, Pontoise reflects a typically impressionistic way of observing and painting. The sun has just broken through after a storm…

Le bateau-atelier (1874)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le bateau-atelier (Monet’s studio-boat) 1874 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 65.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo In the open air In 1841, zinc paint tubes appeared for the first time, making painting in the open air a lot simpler.…

Le clown musical (1868)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le clown musical (The Clown) 1868 Oil on canvas, 193.5 x 130 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Commission Auguste Renoir made this large painting on commission for the owner of the café of Cirque d’Hiver, the winter circus in Paris.…

Personnages dans un intérieur: Le travail (1896)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Personnages dans un intérieur: Le travail (Figures in an Interior: Work) 1896 Glue-based paint on canvas Petit Palais, Paris Work is one of four panels painted by Vuillard for the apartment of Doctor Henri Vaquez (1860-1936) in Paris. This…

Personnages dans un intérieur: La musique (1896)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Personnages dans un intérieur: La musique (Figures in an Interior: Music) 1896 Glue-based paint on canvas Petit Palais, Paris Music is one of four panels painted by Vuillard for the apartment of Doctor Henri Vaquez (1860-1936) in Paris. This…

Personnages dans un intérieur: L’intimité (1896)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Personnages dans un intérieur: L’intimité (Figures in an Interior: Intimacy) 1896 Glue-based paint on canvas Petit Palais, Paris Intimacy is one of four panels painted by Vuillard for the apartment of Doctor Henri Vaquez (1860-1936) in Paris. This cardiologist,…

Nice, souvenir de la Promenade des Anglais (1880)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Nice, souvenir de la Promenade des Anglais (Nice, Memories of the Promenade des Anglais) 1880 Oil on canvas, 38.5 x 50 cm Petit Palais, Paris Toulouse-Lautrec painted this promenade scene in 1880 when he was only 17,…