Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Une allée du jardin de Monet à Giverny (An alley in Monet’s garden in Giverny) 1902 Oil on canvas, 89.5 × 92.3 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna It is late summer. The leaves and flowers seem to shimmer, splashes…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Promenade avec le pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil (The Promenade with the Railroad Bridge, Argenteuil) 1874 Oil on canvas, 53.7 x 72.1 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis This work was painted in the year…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Devant le miroir (Before the Mirror) 1876 Oil on canvas, 93 x 71.6 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York In 1865 Edouard Manet shocked Parisian audiences at the Salon with his painting Olympia (1863), an unabashed depiction of a prostitute…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune fille lisant (Reading Girl) 1880 Oil on canvas, 57 x 47.5 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt Renoir, like all Impressionists, was interested in motifs from everyday life. This way he could show his models in private moments: by concentrating…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Printemps à Vétheuil (Spring in Vétheuil) 1880 Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 80.5 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam In order to paint the transient effects of light as directly as possible Monet mainly worked outdoors. He had to…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune fille en rose dans un paysage (Young girl in pink in a landscape) c.1903 Oil on canvas, 39.5 x 31.5 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Nature morte aux pivoines blanches et autres fleurs (Still Life with White Peonies and Other Flowers) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 35.5 x 26.5 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam Manet played an important role in the transition from realism…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna col Bambino in un paesaggio con Tobiolo e l’angelo (Madonna and Child in a Landscape with Tobias and the Angel) c.1535–1540 Oil on panel, 85.2 x 120.3 x 1.7 cm Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London This painting was described by…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Bouquet de chrysanthèmes (Bouquet of Chrysanthemums) c.1884 Oil on canvas, 81.5 x 65.5 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen The date of this superb work has been determined at around 1884, about the same time as the famous Dance at…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune femme en blanc lisant (Young Woman in White Reading) 1873 Oil on canvas, 35 x 27 cm National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin Renoir began his career as a decorative artist, painting designs on porcelain and fabric. He proceeded…