Tag: figure

La maison grise (1917)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La maison grise (The Grey House) 1917 Oil on canvas, 68 x 74 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The Grey House is one of a series of canvases painted by Chagall in his native city, Vitebsk, during the First…

Canal Grande da San Vio, Venezia (1723-1724)

Canaletto (1697-1768) Canal Grande da San Vio, Venezia (The Grand Canal from San Vio, Venice) 1723–1724 Oil on canvas, 140.5 x 204.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Canaletto is undoubtedly the most outstanding of the 18th-century Venetian view painters. View paintings or…

Venise, le Grand Canal (1895)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Venise, le Grand Canal (Venice, The Grand Canal) 1895 Oil on panel, 26 x 35.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection “I regret I no longer have the years of youth needed to create a beautiful series…

Les enfants du pêcheur (1867)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Les enfants du pêcheur (The Fisherman’s Children) 1867 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The special appeal of this rather small canvas is threefold: It combines a calm beach at low tide with an…

Les bois de Marly (1871)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Les bois de Marly (The Woods at Marly) 1871 Oil on canvas, 45 x 55 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In June 1871 Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet returned to France from England, where they had taken refuge during…

Gros Temps à Étretat (1883)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Gros Temps à Étretat (Rough weather at Étretat) 1883 Oil on canvas, 65 × 81 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne See also: • Étretat (France)

L’évasion de Rochefort (c.1881)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’évasion de Rochefort (Rochefort’s Escape) c.1881 Oil on canvas, 79 x 72 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’évasion de Rochefort 1880–1881 Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich     See also: • Rochefort, Victor Henri (1831-1913)

Étude pour La nymphe surprise (1861)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Étude pour La nymphe surprise (Study for The Surprised Nymph) 1861 Oil on canvas, 34 x 25 cm Private collection Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Nymphe surprise 1861 Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Nymphe surprise…

Nymphe surprise (c.1861)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Nymphe surprise (Surprised Nymph) c.1861 Oil on wooden board, 46 x 35.5 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Étude pour La nymphe surprise 1861 Private collection     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Nymphe surprise 1861 Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos…