Tag: France

Matin de printemps (c.1875)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Matin de printemps (Spring Morning) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 42.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The light on this spring day is so bright that the woman shields her eyes from the glare. She…

La Robe Rose (c.1870)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La Robe Rose (The Pink Dress) c.1870 Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 67.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The fashionable portraitist Jacques-Emile Blanche witnessed this painting being made at the Villa Fodor, the family home of…

Jeune femme assise sur un canapé (c.1879)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Jeune femme assise sur un canapé (Young Woman Seated on a Sofa) c.1879 Oil on canvas, 80.6 × 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York At about the time that Morisot depicted this model in her Paris…

Capucines avec le tableau “Danse” I (1912)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Capucines avec le tableau “Danse” I (Nasturtiums with the Painting “Dance” I) 1912 Oil on canvas, 191.8 × 115.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Matisse‘s representations of his studio often include glimpses of other artwork. Here…

Danse I (1909)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Danse I (Dance I) 1909 Oil on canvas, 259.7 x 390.1 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York See also: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Capucines avec le tableau “Danse” I 1912 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York    

Manet sur son lit de mort (c.1883)

Prins, Pierre-Ernest (1838-1913) Manet sur son lit de mort (Manet on His Deathbed) c.1883 Pastel, 32.4 × 46 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York See also: • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883)

Garçon avec un chat (1934)

Maar, Dora (1907-1997) Garçon avec un chat (Boy with a Cat) 1934 Gelatin silver print, 41.4 × 29 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York From 1930 to 1934 Maar turned her camera to the inhabitants of the streets of Paris…

Père Ubu (1936)

Maar, Dora (1907-1997) Père Ubu 1936 Gelatin silver print, 39.7 x 29.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Surrealist artist Dora Maar is better known as Picasso‘s dark-haired model and companion in the late 1930s than for her astonishing…

Portrait d’Alphonse Legros (1875)

Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Portrait d’Alphonse Legros (Portrait of Alphonse Legros) 1875 Etching, 16.7 × 11.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Ever the restless printmaker, fourteen years after producing a portrait of his friend Alphonse Legros, Bracquemond modified the copper plate…

Torse (1892)

Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Torse (Torso) 1892 Plaster, h. 54.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York