Tag: foliage

L’étang dans la forêt (c.1867-1868)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) L’étang dans la forêt (The Pond in the Forest) c.1867–1868 Oil on canvas, 33.5 x 41.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Degas‘ reputation as a painter of the modern human form had completely eclipsed that of the landscapist, and…

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…

Maison à Rueil (1882)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Maison à Rueil (House at Rueil) 1882 Oil on canvas, 71.5 × 92.3 cm Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin Édouard Manet spent the last summer of his life, already marked by a serious illness, in the country house of the comedy…

La Maison à Rueil (1882)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Maison à Rueil (The House at Rueil) 1882 Oil on canvas, 92.8 × 73.5 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Maison à Rueil 1882 Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin     See also: • Rueil-Malmaison (France)

Baigneurs sur la Seine (1874-1876)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Baigneurs sur la Seine (Bathers in the Seine) 1874–1876 Oil on canvas, 134 x 100 cm Museu de Arte, São Paulo The alternative title “Study from the Nude,” as Camesasca notes (1987, p. 67), is an indication of…

La Partie de Croquet (1873)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Partie de Croquet (A Game of Croquet) 1873 Oil on canvas, 72 x 106 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt To the countryside! In 1873, the Frenchman Edouard Manet painted en plein air with its natural light for the…

Jeune femme dans un jardin (1879)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Jeune femme dans un jardin (Young Woman in a Garden) 1879 Oil on canvas, 110.5 x 72.4 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia In this depiction of a fashionable young woman in a Parisian garden, reflective of his painting style…

Femme lisant (1880-1882)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Femme lisant (Woman Reading) 1880–1882 Oil on canvas, 61.2 × 50.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago During the late nineteenth century, Parisian cafés were the gathering places of artists and writers and were ideal locations for observing…

La Débâcle, temps gris (1880)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Débâcle, temps gris (The Break-Up of the Ice, Bad Weather) 1880 Oil on canvas, 68 x 90 cm Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La débâcle près de Vétheuil 1880 Musée du Louvre, Paris     Monet,…

Maison du jardinier à Antibes (1888)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Maison du jardinier à Antibes (Gardener’s House at Antibes) 1888 Oil on fabric, 91.1 x 118.4 x 13.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Monet painted 35 canvases during his visit to Antibes from January to May 1888.…