Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) L’Hôpital-Camfrout, Bretagne (L’Hôpital-Camfrout, Brittany) c.1870–1872 Oil on wood, 20.3 x 39.4 cm National Gallery, London Boudin was born and brought up on the Normandy coast, retaining a lifelong affection for the area, which he painted throughout his career.…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Le Port de Bruxelles (Brussels Harbour) 1871 Oil on canvas, 42 x 65 cm National Gallery, London During the Franco-Prussian War in the winter of 1870–71, Boudin left Paris to avoid the fighting. But unlike his friend Monet,…
Canova, Antonio & studio (1757-1822) Naiade (Reclining Naiad) 1819–1824 Carrara marble, 88.9 × 190.5 × 82.6 cm, 1160.3 kg Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is a variant of the Reclining Venus with Cupid, now in Buckingham Palace, which was…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Paolina Borghese Bonaparte come Venere Vincitrice (Paolina Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix) 1804–1808 Carrara marble, 160 x 92 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma Portrayed by Antonio Canova in the guise Venus victorious in the Judgement of Paris, Pauline Borghese…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Madame Manet 1874–1876 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 50.8 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Manet met his future wife, Suzanne Leenhoff, in 1850, when she arrived in his parents’ household as a piano teacher. Before their marriage, Suzanne…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Mother of Pearl and Silver: The Andalusian c.1888 (?)-1900 Oil on canvas, 191.5 x 89.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Ethel Philip, Whistler‘s sister-in-law and a favorite subject of the artist, whose likeness appears in…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf c.1864–1868 Oil on canvas, 61 x 46 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Chelsea (London)
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1: Whistler’s Mother 1871 Oil on canvas, 144.3 x 163 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Although an American by nationality, Whistler divided his career between London and Paris. He enrolled in…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Venus del Espejo (Venus at her Mirror, The Rokeby Venus) 1647–1651 Oil on canvas, 122.5 x 177 cm National Gallery, London This is the only surviving female nude painted by Velázquez. The subject was rare in seventeenth-century Spain,…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Boulevard Montmartre, matin, temps gris (Boulevard Montmartre, morning, cloudy weather) 1897 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne On 8 February 1897, after a discussion with his dealer Paul Durand-Ruel, the Éragny-based Camille…