Tag: green

Dans les Vagues (1889)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Dans les Vagues (In the Waves) 1889 Oil on fabric, 92.5 x 72.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Gauguin likely painted this work of art during his time in a small coastal village called Pont-Aven where he…

Femme cousant (c.1879)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Femme cousant (Woman Sewing) c.1879 Oil on canvas, 65.405 x 54.61 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo One of the few female painters associated with Impressionism, Berthe Morisot created a niche for herself with instinctive paintings of domestic…

Evening Landscape (1885)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Evening Landscape 1885 Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard, 35 x 43 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In April 1885, while concentrating on the series devoted to the Potato Eaters, a tribute to the country folk of Brabant,…

Les Vessenots in Auvers (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Les Vessenots in Auvers 1890 Oil on canvas, 55 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This landscape of ‘Les Vessenots,’ on the outskirts of Auvers, shows a group of old country cottages placed just below a raised…

The Stevedores in Arles (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Stevedores in Arles 1888 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid When Vincent van Gogh arrived in Arles in February 1888 seeking the luminous atmosphere of the French Midi, he eschewed pointillist and…

Gradiva descubre las ruinas antropomorfas (1932)

Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Gradiva descubre las ruinas antropomorfas, Fantasía retrospectiva (Gradiva discovers the Anthropomorphic Ruins, Retrospective Fantasy) 1932 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Salvador Dalí, Fundación Gala-Salvador Dalí / VEGAP, Madrid When Salvador Dalí settled in…

Portrait of the Emperor Charles V (1533)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of the Emperor Charles V 1533 Oil on panel, 51.2 x 36 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the most important artists of the German Renaissance together with Albrecht Dürer.…

Danseuse vert (1877-1879)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Danseuse verte, Danseuse basculant (Dancer in Green, Swaying Dancer) 1877–1879 Pastel and gouache on paper, 64 x 36 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Degas was fascinated by the world of ballet; hence, it figured prominently in many of his…

Fillette sur un banc (1880)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Fillette sur un banc (Young Girl on a Bench) 1880 Oil on canvas, 61.6 x 50.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The young girl depicted in this portrait was the daughter of one of Manet‘s acquaintances in the Parisian…