Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Baigneuse assise (Seated Bather) c.1883–1884 Oil on canvas, 119.7 x 93 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Following a trip to Italy in 1881–82 to study the masterpieces of ancient Roman and Renaissance painting, Renoir embarked on one…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) La chanteuse en vert (Singer in Green) c.1884 Pastel on light blue laid paper, 60.3 x 46.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A sale catalogue of 1898 evocatively described the performer pictured in this pastel: “Skinny…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Girl in White 1890 Oil on canvas, 66.7 x 45.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Joueurs de cartes (The Card Players) 1890–1892 Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 81.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cézanne was in his fifties when he undertook a painting campaign devoted to giving memorable form to a…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Portrait de Femme (Portrait of a Woman) 1885 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A notebook kept by Fantin’s wife is said to record the circumstances surrounding this picture. The…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Virgen Niña (The Young Virgin) c.1632–1633 Oil on canvas, 116.8 x 94 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York According to medieval legend, as a girl the Virgin Mary lived in the Temple in Jerusalem, where…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Benito (Saint Benedict) c.1640–1645 Oil on canvas, 188 x 103.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting formed part of a series by Zurbarán representing the thirteen founders of monastic orders, known today…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Portrait d’Edmond Duranty (Portrait of Edmond Duranty) 1879 Gouache with pastel enlivenment on linen, 100 x 100.4 cm Burrell Collection, Glasgow See also: • Duranty, Edmond (1833-1880)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Madame Brunet (Portrait of Madame Brunet) c.1860–1863, reworked by 1867 Oil on canvas, 132.4 x 100 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles This portrait’s bold brushwork, stark contrasts of light and dark, and frank presentation of the sitter…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’Antonin Proust (Portrait of Antonin Proust) 1881 Oil on canvas, 183 x 110.5 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Antonin Proust was a key figure in artistic life under the Third Republic. Born in Niort in 1832, he studied…