Tag: France

Le voleur du nid de moineaux (c.1710)

Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Le voleur du nid de moineaux (The Robber of the Sparrow’s Nest) c.1710 Oil on paper laid on canvas, laid on panel, 22.60 x 18.50 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Watteau shows a young couple in an idyllic woodland…

Fêtes Vénitiennes (1718-1719)

Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Fêtes Vénitiennes (Venetian Festivals) 1718–1719 Oil on canvas, 56.3 × 46.2 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh This is a very fine example of the ‘fêtes galantes’ perfected by Watteau. He included himself as the seated musician playing a musette.…

Antoine Watteau

(1684–1721) Jean-Antoine Watteau The artist’s works: Le voleur du nid de moineaux c.1710 Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Acteurs de la Comedie-Francaise 1711–1712 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Signature du contrat de mariage et danse à la campagne c.1711 Museo del Prado, Madrid La Rêveuse…

Port-en-Bessin, avant-port, marée basse (1888)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Port-en-Bessin, avant-port, marée basse (Port-en-Bessin: The Outer Harbor, Low Tide) 1888 Oil on canvas, 66 x 82 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Port-en-Bessin, l’avant-port, marée basse 1888 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis     See also: • Port-en-Bessin-Huppain (France)

Port-en-Bessin, l’avant-port, marée basse (1888)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Port-en-Bessin, l’avant-port, marée basse (Port-en-Bessin: The Outer Harbor, Low Tide) 1888 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 66.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Compare: Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Port-en-Bessin, avant-port, marée basse 1888 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     See also: • Port-en-Bessin-Huppain (France)

Port-en-Bessin-Huppain (France)

Port-en-Bessin in Art: Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Port-en-Bessin, avant-port, marée basse 1888 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Port-en-Bessin, l’avant-port, marée basse 1888 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis     Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Port-en-Bessin, La Plage 1884 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid  …

Charing Cross Bridge (1903)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Charing Cross Bridge 1903 Oil on canvas, 73 x 104.1 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis In this scene, a train puffs across the bridge as sunlight falls through the mist and creates shimmering patterns on the river…