Tag: France

Two figures without gender. Chimeras (1933)

Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Two figures without gender. Chimeras 1933 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Two figures without gender. Chimeras are a complex motif on several levels. The chimera already turns out to be a complex…

Femme au vase (1924)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Femme au vase (Woman with vase) 1924 Oil on canvas, 92 x 65 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen A woman with a red vase in her arms is depicted strictly frontally and with a linear precision that…

La Plaine d’Auvers (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Plaine d’Auvers / Champs de Blé près d’Auvers (The Plain of Auvers / Wheat Fields near Auvers) 1890 Oil on canvas, 50 × 101 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna A blue-green sky, like after a rain, descends…

Nizon (France)

Nizon in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Calvaire et église de Nizon c.1893 High Museum of Art, Atlanta     See also: • Bretagne | Cities | France

Jean-Pierre Hoschedé

(1877–1961) Jean-Pierre in Art: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean-Pierre Hoschedé, dit Bébé Jean 1878 Private collection     Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Jardin de l’artiste à Vétheuil 1881 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean-Pierre Hoschedé et Michel Monet c.1887–1890 National…

Autoportrait (1861)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1861 Oil on canvas, 25.1 x 21.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

La Mort de Sardanapale, esquisse (1826-1827)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La Mort de Sardanapale, esquisse (The Death of Sardanapalus, sketch) 1826–1827 Oil on canvas, 81 × 100 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La mort de Sardanapale 1844 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia     Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Mort…

Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge (1879)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge 1879 Oil on canvas, 81.3 × 59.7 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Cassatt created a series of theater scenes in the late 1870s, displaying an interest in city nightlife…