Tag: France

Garçon dans une cape bordée de rouge (1780s)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Garçon dans une cape bordée de rouge (A Boy in a Red-lined Cloak) 1780s Oil on wood, 20.8 x 16 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In the course of his long career, Fragonard produced more than 550…

Tannhäuser (1886)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Tannhäuser 1886 Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 103.3 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Tannhäuser, the male figure seated on the left, does not seem fully engaged in this merry scene. Among pale bodies and pastel hues, he…

Le chant du berger (1891)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le chant du berger (The Shepherd’s Song) 1891 Oil on canvas, 104.5 x 109.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Puvis adapted this composition from a mural that he made for the Musée des Beaux-Arts…

Marseille, porte de l’Orient (c.1868-1869)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Marseille, porte de l’Orient (Marseilles, Gateway to the Orient) c.1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 98.42 x 146.36 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington See also: • Marseille (France)

L’été (1891)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) L’été (Summer) 1891 Oil on fabric, 149.6 x 232.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Puvis de Chavannes was considered one of the foremost artists in France in the second half of the 1800, and was…

Puvis de Chavannes (1876)

Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902) Puvis de Chavannes 1876 Etching Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

(1824–1898) Pierre Cécile Puvis de Chavannes The artist’s works: Pompiers ruraux 1857 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Le repos c.1863 National Gallery of Art, Washington Le travail c.1863 National Gallery of Art, Washington Marseille, porte de l’Orient c.1868–1869 The Phillips Collection, Washington La Madeleine au…

Cavalerie grecque au repos dans une forêt (1858)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Cavalerie grecque au repos dans une forêt (Greek Cavalry Men Resting in Forest) 1858 Oil on fabric, 50.4 x 61.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland A leading figure of the French Romantic movement, Delacroix painted traditional historical…

Avant la course (c.1887-1889)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant la course (Before the Race) c.1887–1889 Pastel on paper mounted to cardboard, 57.5 x 65.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland When creating the series to which this pastel belongs, Edgar Degas was inspired by the 19th-century…