Tag: France

Vergers à Louveciennes (1872)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Vergers à Louveciennes (Orchards at Louveciennes) 1872 Oil on canvas, 45.72 x 54.61 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Among the many highlights of Bruce Dayton’s generous 2016 bequest is this painting by Camille Pissarro, the French…

Oliviers (1889)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Oliviers (Olive Trees) 1889 Oil on canvas, 73.66 x 92.71 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis This is one of fifteen canvases of olive trees that van Gogh executed between June and December of 1889. Earlier…

Paysage tahitien (1891)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Paysage tahitien (Tahitian Landscape) 1891 Oil on canvas, 67.95 x 92.39 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Paul Gauguin went to Tahiti in 1891 in search of new, exotic motifs, but also to escape European civilization, which he felt…

I Raro Te Oviri (1891)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) I Raro Te Oviri (Under the Pandanus) 1891 Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 91.44 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Second version: Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) I Raro te Oviri 1891 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas     See also: • Tahiti (French…

La Fille de l’artiste, Julie, avec sa nounou (c.1884)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La Fille de l’artiste, Julie, avec sa nounou (The Artist’s Daughter, Julie, with her Nanny) c.1884 Oil on canvas, 57.15 x 71.12 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Berthe Morisot’s daughter, Julie Manet, watches closely as her…

La Cathédrale Saint-Paul vue de la Tamise (1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) La Cathédrale Saint-Paul vue de la Tamise (St Paul’s Cathedral seen from the Thames) 1906 Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 81.92 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis After the great financial success of Claude Monet‘s views of the…

Nature morte aux faisans et aux pluviers (1879)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Nature morte aux faisans et aux pluviers (Still Life with Pheasants and Plovers) 1879 Oil on canvas, 67.9 x 90.2 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis The iridescent plumage of a ring-necked pheasant was an enthralling subject for…

Bord de mer à Sainte-Adresse (1868)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Bord de mer à Sainte-Adresse (Seashore at Sainte-Adresse) 1868 Oil on canvas, 43.5 x 65.4 cm Private collection Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Bord de mer à Sainte-Adresse 1864 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis     See also: • Sainte-Adresse (France)

Le Bord de mer à Sainte-Adresse (1864)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Bord de mer à Sainte-Adresse (The Seashore at Sainte-Adresse) 1864 Oil on canvas, 40.01 x 73.03 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Bord de mer à Sainte-Adresse 1868 Private collection     See also:…

Le fumeur (1866)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le fumeur (The Smoker) 1866 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.3 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis This working-class character was one of many ordinary Parisians painted by Manet in the 1860s. A year before making this portrait,…