Tag: France

Nantes (France)

Museums: • Musée d’Arts de Nantes: 10 Rue Georges Clemenceau, 44000 Nantes, France Births: • Laroche, Jean (1921-2010) • Tissot, James (1836-1902) • Verne, Jules (1828-1905) Deaths: • Laroche, Jean (1921-2010) See also: • Cities | France

Ornans (France)

Ornans in Art: Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Un enterrement à Ornans 1849–1850 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Jeunes femmes du village 1851–1852 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Vallée d’Ornans 1858 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis  …

Château Malromé (Saint-André-du-Bois)

Address: Lieu-dit, Château de Malromé, 33490 Saint-André-du-Bois, France Website: https://www.chateautoulouselautrec.com/ Deaths: • Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) See also: • Castles | Saint-André-du-Bois (France) | Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901)

The Astronomer (1668)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Astronomer (De astronoom) 1668 Oil on canvas 51 x 45 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Celestial globe by J. Hondius (1600) and astronomy manual by Metius (1621) opening to the chapter devoted to the stars, with engraving…

The Lacemaker (1669-1670)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Lacemaker (De kantwerkster) 1669–1670 Oil on canvas transferred to panel, 24 x 21 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The motif of the lacemaker at work is traditionally a sign of domestic virtue, tinged with religious moralism (the…

Nature morte au bouquet (1871)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nature morte au bouquet (Still Life with Bouquet) 1871 Oil on canvas, 73.7 × 59.1 × 3.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston “Painting is done to decorate walls. So it should be as rich as possible. For me…

La promenade (1870)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La promenade (The Walk) 1870 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 64.8 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles What Pierre-Auguste Renoir himself titled this painting is unknown, but La Promenade is in part an homage to earlier artists whom he greatly…

Le Garçon au chat (1868)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Garçon au chat (Young Boy with a Cat) 1868 Oil on canvas, 123.5 x 66 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris The Boy with the Cat has not given up all its secrets. This male nude has no equivalent in…