Tag: France

Camaret-sur-Mer (France)

Camaret-sur-Mer in Art: Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Camaret, marée basse dans la rade c.1871–1873 Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires     Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Voiliers, Camaret 1872 Musée du Louvre, Paris     See also: • Bretagne | Cities | France

L’Atelier du peintre (1854-1855)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) L’Atelier du peintre (The Painter’s Studio) 1854–1855 Oil on canvas, 361 x 598 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris The enormous Studio is without doubt Courbet‘s most mysterious composition. However, he provides several clues to its interpretation: “It’s the whole world…

Un enterrement à Ornans (1849-1850)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Un enterrement à Ornans (A Burial at Ornans) 1849–1850 Oil on canvas, 315 x 668 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris At the end of the summer of 1849, Courbet began his first monumental painting. He wanted to make it…

Portrait de Juliette Courbet (1844)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Portrait de Juliette Courbet (Portrait of Juliette Courbet) 1844 Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 62 cm Petit Palais, Paris Twelve years younger than Gustave, Juliette Courbet appears in this portrait as the daughter of a rural public figure,…

Courbet au chien noir (1842-1844)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Courbet au chien noir (Courbet with a black dog) 1842–1844 Oil on canvas, 46.3 x 55.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris Gustave Courbet depicted himself as the young artist that he then was, of Bohemian elegance, travelling with his…

Vue depuis les jardins Farnèse (1826)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Vue depuis les jardins Farnèse (View from the Farnese Gardens, Rome) 1826 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 24.4475 x 40.005 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington After working several years in France, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot embarked for Italy in…