Tag: France

Les joueurs de cartes (1892-1896)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Les joueurs de cartes (The Card Players) 1892–1896 Oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Compare: Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Joueurs de cartes 1890–1892 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York    

Le Berceau (1872)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Le Berceau (The cradle) 1872 Oil on canvas, 56 x 46.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Morisot, Edma (1839-1921)

Portrait de Madame Edma Pontillon (1871)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Portrait de Madame Edma Pontillon, née Edma Morisot, soeur de l’artiste (Portrait of Madame Edma Pontillon, née Edma Morisot, sister of the artist) 1871 Pastel on paper, 81.5 x 65.8 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Morisot, Edma (1839-1921)

La lecture (1873)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La lecture (Reading) 1873 Oil on fabric, 46 x 71.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Impressionists were mostly men with a few notable exceptions, including Berthe Morisot. While Morisot‘s work includes many of the hallmarks of…

Valenciennes (France)

Births: • Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) • Morisot, Edma (1839-1921) • Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) See also: • Cities | France

Edma Morisot

(1839–1921) Marie Edma Caroline Morisot-Pontillon The artist’s works: Berthe Morisot c.1865 Private collection Edma in Art: Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La soeur de l’artiste à la fenêtre 1869 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Portrait de Madame Edma…

Fête des fleurs (1923)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Fête des fleurs (Festival of Flowers, Nice) 1923 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 92.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland While living in Nice after World War I, Matisse adopted a more relaxed style saturated with the warm…

Deux femmes (c.1908)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Deux femmes (Two Women) c.1908 Bronze, 45.7 x 25.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Matisse based this sculpture on a photograph of two women embracing, but translated it into a more compact, three-dimensional composition by fusing their…