Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902) Puvis de Chavannes 1876 Etching Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898)
Puvis de Chavannes (1876)
Tag: France
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…
Le Troubadour (1868-1873)
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Le Troubadour (The Troubadour) 1868–1873 Oil on fabric, 83.6 x 56.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Daumier was called the “Michelangelo of caricature” and especially renowned for his cartoons and drawings satirizing 19th-century French politics and society.…
Le chêne et le roseau (c.1873)
Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Le chêne et le roseau (The Oak Tree and the Reed) c.1873 Wash and graphite on paper, 29.3 x 23 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Oak Tree and the Reed illustrates the fable of the same…
Étang à Ville-d’Avray (late 1860s)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Étang à Ville-d’Avray (Pond at Ville-d’Avray) late 1860s Oil on fabric, 58.1 x 99.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The dreamlike quality of the painting reflects Corot’s desire to reproduce the “first Impression” of the landscape. Corot…
Vue panoramique sur les Alpes (1877)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Vue panoramique sur les Alpes, Les Dents du Midi (Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi) 1877 Oil on fabric, 151.2 x 210.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This late, unfinished painting reveals some of…
Les Fables de La Fontaine: Le Cerf et la Vigne (1927-1930)
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Les Fables de La Fontaine: Le Cerf et la Vigne (The Fables of La Fontaine: The Deer and the Vine) 1927–1930 Etching and roulette Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • La Fontaine, Jean de (1621-1695)
