Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Te vaa (Canoe; Tahitian Family) 1896 Oil on canvas, 95.5 x 131.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Gauguin moved to Tahiti (Polynesia) in 1891, seeking to find the simplicity lacking in the “civilised” life of Parisian society. Here he…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Deauville 1893 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 74.2 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London A native of Normandy, Eugène Boudin made his name depicting fashionable Parisian visitors at its seaside resorts. Later in his career, he turned to painting…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Pêcheurs sur la Seine près de Poissy (Fishermen on the Seine near Poissy) 1882 Oil on canvas, 59.8 × 81.7 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna See also: • Poissy (France)
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Pescador (Fisherman) 1956 Tempera and black crayon on paper, 63 x 48.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Diego Rivera created this drawing during the last year of his life. While living on the Pacific coast of Mexico,…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Paysage avec un homme tué par un serpent (Landscape with a Man killed by a Snake) probably 1648 Oil on canvas, 118.2 x 197.8 cm National Gallery, London A man has been crushed by a snake and lies…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Pêcheur amarré à une banque (Fisherman moored at a bank) c.1865–1870 Oil on canvas, 33 x 46.7 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Grotte de la Loue (The Cave of the Loue) 1864 Oil on canvas, 98.4 x 130.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Courbet painted events and scenery primarily from his native Ornans, a village in the remote Franche-Comté…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Isola nella laguna con una porta e una chiesa (An Island in the Lagoon with a Gateway and a Church) 1743–1744 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 68.6 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Seemingly a painting of a…
(1899–1961) Ernest Miller Hemingway Works: • In our time (English) • Three Stories & Ten Poems (English) Born July 21 1899 Oak Park, IL (USA) Died July 2 1961 Ketchum, ID (USA) Cause of death Suicide Occupation Journalist Novelist Occupation…
Prins, Pierre-Ernest (1838-1913) Pêcheurs à Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme (Fishermen in Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme) s.d. Pastel on canvas, 28 x 38 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme (France)