Tag: France

La Crucifixion (1644-1646)

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La Crucifixion (The Crucifixion) 1644–1646 Oil on canvas, 148.59 x 218.44 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This Crucifixion dramatically illustrates the moment of Christ’s death when the sky went dark, graves were opened, and the bodies of the saved rose…

Le chapeau en plumes d’autruche (1918)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le chapeau en plumes d’autruche (The Ostrich-Feather Hat) 1918 Oil on canvas, 49.2 x 38.3 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford From 1917 until 1930, Matisse spent much of his time in the resort city of Nice in southern France. During…

La Charette (c.1821)

Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) La Charette (The Coal Wagon) c.1821 Pen and brown ink with watercolor on white paper, 18.7 x 29.9 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford

Table plus cafetière (1919)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Table plus cafetière (Table plus coffee pot) 1919 Graphite, tempera, and/or watercolor on paper, 17.8 x 24.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Design for a detail of the cut cloth, from “La Boutique Fantasque (The Fantastic Toy Shop)”.