Tag: flower

The Yellow Room (c.1883-1884)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) The Yellow Room c.1883–1884 Watercolor and gouache on paperboard, 24.8 × 17.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Yellow Room is among Whistler’s most accomplished watercolors, a harmonious “arrangement” of violet and yellow, dating…

En plein soleil (c.1881)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) En plein soleil (In Full Sunlight) c.1881 Oil on wood, 24.8 x 35.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cascading sunlight illuminates the colorful open parasol and beribboned hats of the group lounging on the grass. This…

Matin de printemps (c.1875)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Matin de printemps (Spring Morning) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 42.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The light on this spring day is so bright that the woman shields her eyes from the glare. She…

La Robe Rose (c.1870)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La Robe Rose (The Pink Dress) c.1870 Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 67.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The fashionable portraitist Jacques-Emile Blanche witnessed this painting being made at the Villa Fodor, the family home of…

Jeune femme assise sur un canapé (c.1879)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Jeune femme assise sur un canapé (Young Woman Seated on a Sofa) c.1879 Oil on canvas, 80.6 × 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York At about the time that Morisot depicted this model in her Paris…

Capucines avec le tableau “Danse” I (1912)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Capucines avec le tableau “Danse” I (Nasturtiums with the Painting “Dance” I) 1912 Oil on canvas, 191.8 × 115.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Matisse‘s representations of his studio often include glimpses of other artwork. Here…

Eugenia Primavesi (1913-1914)

Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Eugenia Primavesi 1913–1914 Oil on canvas, 140 x 84 cm Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota See also: • Primavesi, Eugenia (1874-1962)

Mäda Primavesi (1912-1913)

Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Mäda Primavesi 1912–1913 Oil on canvas, 149.9 x 110.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Mäda Primavesi’s expression and posture convey a remarkable degree of confidence for a nine-year-old girl, even one who was, by her own…

A Young Woman as a Shepherdess

Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) A Young Woman as a Shepherdess s.d. Oil on canvas, transferred from wood, 66.7 x 50.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Inscribed (lower right): Rembrandt f. / 1632.

Chrysanthèmes au jardin du Petit-Gennevilliers (1893)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Chrysanthèmes au jardin du Petit-Gennevilliers (Chrysanthemums in the Garden at Petit-Gennevilliers) 1893 Oil on canvas, 99.4 × 61.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Although Caillebotte was a lifelong gardener, his interest in floral subjects did not…