Tag: France

Square de la Trinité (1878-1879)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Square de la Trinité 1878–1879 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 65.4 cm Private collection Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Square de la Trinité depicts a Parisian park on a gloriously sunny morning. Populated by elegant figures, this verdant park is lush…

Route de Monte-Carlo (1883)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Route de Monte-Carlo (Monte Carlo Road) 1883 Oil on canvas, 65.7 x 80.6 cm Private collection Route de Monte Carlo represents the triumphant apex of Claude Monet’s seminal series of works produced as part of his excursion to…

Quai de Clichy, Temps gris (1887)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Quai de Clichy, Temps gris (Quai de Clichy, Grey Weather) 1887 Oil on canvas, 46 x 65.5 cm Private collection Painted in the spring of 1887, Quai de Clichy. Temps gris shows Signac at the height of his…

Drame au village, Pont-Aven (1894)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Drame au village, Pont-Aven (Drama in the village, Pont-Aven) 1894 Oil on canvas, 73.4 x 93 cm Private collection A dream-like, symbolic scene in sultry, evocative hues, Paul Gauguin’s Drame au village, Pont-Aven epitomizes the artist’s fascination with…

Gabrielle (c.1890)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Gabrielle c.1890 Pastel on paper, 55.4 x 46.3 cm Private collection Portraiture was the dominant form of Renoir’s oeuvre during the first few of decades of his career. In the 1860s and 1870s he accepted numerous paid commissions…

La Yole (1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Yole (The Skiff) 1875 Oil on canvas, 71 × 92 cm National Gallery, London We are probably looking at the river Seine near Chatou (some ten miles west of central Paris), although the exact site has not been…

Gustav Mahler (1909)

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Gustav Mahler Modeled 1909; cast 1926 Bronze, 34.3 x 22.9 x 22.2 cm Musée Rodin, Paris Cast by the founder Alexis Rudier, Paris, 1874-1952. Compare: Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Gustav Mahler 1909 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     See also:…

Gustav Mahler (1909)

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Gustav Mahler 1909 Bronze, 35.6 × 22.9 × 25.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Ascetic, sharp features give the composer an aristocratic look. Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) modeled for Rodin, though the sittings were difficult to endure for…

La Femme à l’ombrelle (1872)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Femme à l’ombrelle (The Woman with the Umbrella) 1872 Oil on canvas, 48.2 x 40 cm Private collection Staring out boldly at the viewer, a blue umbrella perched on her shoulder and dressed in an elegant black…