Tag: foliage

Pont sur un étang de nymphéas (1899)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Pont sur un étang de nymphéas (Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies) 1899 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 73.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In 1893, Monet, a passionate horticulturist, purchased land with a…

La Promeneuse (1887)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Promeneuse (The stroller, Suzanne Hoschedé) 1887 Oil on canvas, 100.6 x 70.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting of Suzanne Hoschedé in the meadows just south of Le Pressoir, Monet‘s home at Giverny,…

Dans les bois de Giverny (1887)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Dans les bois de Giverny: Blanche Hoschedé à son chevalet et Suzanne Hoschedé lisant (In the Woods at Giverny: Blanche Hoschedé at Her Easel with Suzanne Hoschedé Reading) 1887 Oil on canvas, 91.44 x 97.79 cm Los…

Alice Hoschedé au jardin (1881)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Alice Hoschedé au jardin (Alice Hoschedé in the Garden) 1881 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm Private collection Monet‘s magnificent depiction of his garden at Vétheuil exemplifies the visual splendor of Impressionism at its height. Monet…

La Source (1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Source (The Source) 1875 Oil on canvas, 131 x 77.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The model here is Henriette Henriot, an actress who posed frequently for Renoir during his impressionist years. Renoir captures her in a…

La balançoire (1876)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La balançoire (The Swing) 1876 Oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris From 1877 to 1894: in the Gustave Caillebotte collection 1894: accepted by the State as a legacy of Gustave Caillebotte A young…