Tag: grass

Une vocation (1896)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Une vocation (A Calling) 1896 Oil on fabric, 104 x 71 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Seated on a stone step in the countryside, a young girl has realized that her calling in life is to be…

Madonna con Bambino e San Giovanni Battista (c.1490)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) and Workshop Madonna con Bambino e San Giovanni Battista (Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist) c.1490 Tempera and oil on wood, diameter 68 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The perfectly round form, called…

Hunting near Hartenfels Castle (1540)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Hunting near Hartenfels Castle 1540 Oil on wood transferred to masonite, 116.8 x 170.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Protestant rulers of Saxony commissioned this animated hunt scene, set near their residence seen in…

Pivoines (1931)

Hoschedé Monet, Blanche (1865-1947) Pivoines (Peonies) 1931 Oil on canvas, 87.8 x 72.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Le Soir (1903)

Guillemet, Antoine (1841-1918) Le Soir (The Evening) 1903 Oil on panel, 57 x 90 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Le moulin de Sannois (1912)

Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Le moulin de Sannois (The Windmill at Sannois) 1912 Oil on cardboard, 53.7 × 73 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In the spring of 1912 Utrillo was admitted to an institution in Sannois, on the outskirts…

En plein soleil (c.1881)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) En plein soleil (In Full Sunlight) c.1881 Oil on wood, 24.8 x 35.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cascading sunlight illuminates the colorful open parasol and beribboned hats of the group lounging on the grass. This…

Landscape, Kragerø (1912)

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Landscape, Kragerø (Landskap, Kragerø) 1912 Oil on canvas, 72.4 x 100.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Munch settled in the small town of Kragerø on the southern coast of his native Norway in 1909. After decades…