Tag: foliage

La Famille Henriot (c.1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Famille Henriot (Henriot Family) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 164.1 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Daytrips to the countryside around Paris became a popular form of leisure during the late 19th century. Renoir alludes to this kind…

The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy (1907)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy 1907 Oil on canvas, 71.4 × 56.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The year 1907 was a turning point for John Singer Sargent, as he daringly stepped away from his successful…

La baie de Marseille, vue de l’Estaque (c.1885)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) La baie de Marseille, vue de l’Estaque (The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L’Estaque) c.1885 Oil on canvas, 80.2 × 100.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In a letter to his friend and teacher Camille Pissarro, Paul…

Kolsåstoppen (1895)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Kolsåstoppen (Mount Kolsaas) 1895 Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 100.5 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Mont Kolsaas en Norvège 1895 Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris    

Le Mont Kolsaas en Norvège (1895)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Mont Kolsaas en Norvège (Mount Kolsaas in Norway) 1895 Oil on canvas, 65 x 100 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Kolsåstoppen 1895 Nationalgalleriet, Oslo    

Baigneuses (1916)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Baigneuses (Bathing women) 1916 Oil on canvas, 41 x 51 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo

Geese in an Orchard (c.1911)

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Geese in an Orchard c.1911 Oil on canvas, 90 x 68 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Munch Museum / Munch-Ellingsen Group / VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection In 1911, after a short stay in Germany and after opening an…

Bay with Boat and House (1881)

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Bay with Boat and House 1881 Oil on cardboard, 37 x 51 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Munch Museum / Munch-Ellingsen Group / VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection A few weeks before his seventeenth birthday in November 1880, Edvard…

La Cabane à Trouville, marée basse (1881)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Cabane à Trouville, marée basse (The Hut in Trouville, Low Tide) 1881 Oil on canvas, 80 x 73.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©CCarmen Thyssen Collection This painting is not unusual in Monet‘s oeuvre: the high line of…