Tag: France

Madame de Pompadour (1759)

Boucher, François (1703-1770) Madame de Pompadour 1759 Oil on canvas, 91 x 68 cm Wallace Collection, London Pompadour has been famous for the important position as a patron and in politics that she obtained as Louis XV’s mistress. Because of her great…

Le Bain de Vénus (1751)

Boucher, François (1703-1770) Le Bain de Vénus (The Bath of Venus) 1751 Oil on canvas, 107 x 84.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In Enlightenment France the dedicated search to define truth engendered a re–evaluation of the natural. The belief that…

Profil de jeune fille (c.1880)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Profil de jeune fille (Young girl profile) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 32.7 x 24.7 cm Private collection A towering figure in the second half of the nineteenth century, Édouard Manet was a serious and dedicated artist strongly committed…

Paysage d’hiver (1953)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Paysage d’hiver (Winter landscape) 1953 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 91.4 cm Private collection In the early 1950s Léger began working on a series of paintings and works on paper on the theme of the Modern landscape which…

Tête de femme (1916)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Tête de femme, Lorette (Head of a woman, Lorette) 1916 Oil on panel, 21.9 x 15.5 cm Private collection Models were hard to come by in World War I Paris. However, at the recommendation of fellow artist Georgette…

Matinée sur la Seine (1896)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Matinée sur la Seine (Morning on the Seine) 1896 Oil on canvas, 89.2 x 92.4 cm Private collection “When you go out to paint try to forget what objects you have before you, a tree, a house, a…

Le Jardin de Pissarro, quai du Pothuis à Pontoise (1881)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Jardin de Pissarro, quai du Pothuis à Pontoise (Pissarro’s Garden, Quai du Pothuis in Pontoise) 1881 Oil on canvas, 66 x 54.4 cm Private collection Verso: Deux esquisses d’autoportrait Esquisse d’autoportrait I (Self-portrait sketch 1) Esquisse d’autoportrait…