Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast 1882–1883 Oil on wood, 32 x 41 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Madame Pierre Gautreau, born Virginie Avegno (1859–1915), was Madame X, the statuesque sitter in Sargent’s most notorious portrait…
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) 1883–1884 Oil on canvas, 208.6 x 109.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Madame Pierre Gautreau (the Louisiana-born Virginie Amélie Avegno; 1859–1915) was known in Paris for her artful appearance.…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Arrangement in Gray: Portrait of the Painter c.1872 Oil on canvas, 74.9 x 53.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit In this painting, Whistler explores problems in technique and composition, as well as his own…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Femme lisant (A Woman Reading) 1869–1870 Oil on canvas, 54.3 × 37.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When the seventy-two-year-old Corot showed A Woman Reading at the Salon of 1869, the critic Théophile Gautier praised…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) La Femme à la perle (Woman with a Pearl) c.1868–1870 Oil on canvas, 70 x 55 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Autoportrait ou Corot, la palette à la main (Self Portrait or Corot, palette in hand) c.1835 Oil on canvas, 33 × 25 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The Uffizi asked Corot for a self-portrait in 1872. Shortly after…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Orphée ramenant Eurydice des enfers (Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld) 1861 Oil on canvas, 112.7 x 137.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean Monet endormi (Jean Monet Sleeping) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 50 cm Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen See also: • Monet, Jean (1867-1914)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Bazille et Camille, Etude pour “Déjeuner sur l’Herbe” (Bazille and Camille, Study for “Déjeuner sur l’Herbe”) 1865 Oil on canvas, 93 x 68.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman wearing a long, slate-gray gown walks…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Camille Monet assise sur un banc de jardin (Camille Monet on a Garden Bench) 1873 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 80.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Monet’s wife, Camille Doncieux, is as easily identifiable here…