Tag: France

Notre-Dame de Paris

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris Construction started: 1163 Opened: 1345 Address: 6 Parvis Notre-Dame, Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France Notre-Dame in Art: Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) L’Immortalité 1889 National Museum Wales, Cardiff     Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris 1888 Detroit…

Petit nu bleu (c.1878-1879)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Petit nu bleu (Little Blue Nude) c.1878–1879 Oil on canvas, 46.35 x 38.1 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo During the late 1870s Pierre-Auguste Renoir began applying Impressionist theory to the rendering of the human figure—a process that…

Le matin en Provence (c.1900-1906)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Le matin en Provence (Morning in Provence) c.1900–1906 Oil on canvas, 81.28 x 63.18 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Paul Cézanne painted this light-filled landscape late in his life while living in his hometown of Aix-en-Provence. Cézanne…

L’Ambitieuse (1883-1885)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) L’Ambitieuse (Political Woman) 1883–1885 Oil on canvas, 142.24 x 101.6 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo L’Ambitieuse (Political Woman), also referred to as The Reception, belongs to a series of fifteen large paintings that James Tissot executed between…

Femme cousant (c.1879)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Femme cousant (Woman Sewing) c.1879 Oil on canvas, 65.405 x 54.61 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo One of the few female painters associated with Impressionism, Berthe Morisot created a niche for herself with instinctive paintings of domestic…

Paysans dans les champs, Éragny (1890)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Paysans dans les champs, Éragny (Peasants in the Fields, Éragny) 1890 Oil on canvas, 64.45 x 80.33 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Later in his career, Camille Pissarro was deeply affected by Georges Seurat’s theories and techniques.…

Berthe Morisot (1872)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Berthe Morisot 1872 Lithograph, 20.64 x 14.61 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Berthe Morisot au bouquet de violettes 1872 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de l’artiste Berthe Morisot 1872 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam     See also:…

Richard Wagner (c.1900)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Richard Wagner c.1900 Lithograph, 45 x 33.97 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London See also: • Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)

Bordeaux, le port (1874)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Bordeaux, le port (Bordeaux, the Harbor) 1874 Oil on canvas, 30.3 x 46.3 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Compare: Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Vue de Bordeaux 1874 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland     See also: • Bordeaux (France)