Tag: France

Danseuses sur la scène (1883)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Danseuses sur la scène (Ballet Dancers on the Stage) 1883 Pastel on paper, 61.6 x 47.31 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas In the 1880s and 1890s, Edgar Degas became increasingly fascinated by the ballet, especially its…

Aria après le ballet (1879)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Aria après le ballet (Aria after the Ballet) 1879 Pastel and Gouache on paper, 59.69 x 74.93 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas The Durand-Ruel family seems to have bought this splendid painted print by Edgar Degas…

La Baigneuse blonde (c.1880-1881)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Baigneuse (The Bather) c.1880–1881 Chalk on paper mounted on board, 84.535 x 65.5 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas This is among the most important surviving drawings by Renoir. It relates, without question, to the famous…

Jeune fille assise tenant une pomme (1905)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Jeune fille assise tenant une pomme (Girl with an Apple) 1905 Oil on canvas, 88.9 × 57.47 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas At the end of his career, Bouguereau retreated from Paris to the idyllic coastal…

Portrait d’homme (c.1880)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Portrait d’homme (Portrait of a Man) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 27.62 × 19.05 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas This small portrait head has been identified by Paul Gauguin‘s son, Pola, as a portrait of the painters’…

Along the Seine, Winter (1887)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Along the Seine, Winter 1887 Oil on wood, 20.32 x 27.94 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas By 1886, Childe Hassam was enjoying artistic success with his atmospheric paintings of Boston street scenes. That same year he…

Roses jaunes dans un vase (1882)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Roses jaunes dans un vase (Yellow Roses in a Vase) 1882 Oil on canvas, 53.34 × 46.36 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas A bouquet of yellow roses is set on a marble table against a dark…

La Gousse (1880)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) La Gousse 1880 Oil on panel, 13.34 x 22.86 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas