Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le départ de l’enfant prodigue (The Departure of the Prodigal Son) 1863 Oil on canvas, 107 x 226 cm Petit Palais, Paris Compare: Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le retour de l’enfant prodigue 1862 Petit Palais, Paris See also:…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La sieste pendant la saison des foins (The siesta during the hay season) 1868 Oil on canvas, 212 x 273 cm Petit Palais, Paris
Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Le Fou et la Mort (The Fool and Death) 1877 Bronze, 33 x 28.5 x 31 cm Petit Palais, Paris While the sculptural work of Sarah Bernhardt has long been eclipsed by her theatrical glory, its qualities, recently…
Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) La Servante ou À la barrière (The Servant or At the Fence) c.1865–1870 Oil on canvas, 41 x 32.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) François 1er reçoit les derniers soupirs de Léonard de Vinci (Francis I receives the last breaths of Leonardo da Vinci) 1818 Oil on canvas, 40 x 50.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Francis I,…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Place de la Concorde 1875 Oil on canvas, 78.4 x 117.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Place de la Concorde (Paris)
Ensor, James (1860-1949) L’Intrigue (The Intrigue) 1911 Oil on canvas, 94.62 x 112.4 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis James Ensor, along with Vincent van Gogh and Edvard Munch, is considered a pioneer of Expressionism. But as a creator of…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le fumeur (The Smoker) 1866 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.3 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis This working-class character was one of many ordinary Parisians painted by Manet in the 1860s. A year before making this portrait,…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Camille 1866 Oil on canvas, 231 x 151 cm Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen See also: • Doncieux, Camille (1847-1879)
Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) La modiste (The Milliner) c.1877 Pastel on canvas, 45 x 37 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Eva Gonzalès’s subjects were most often women engaged in activities such as reading, knitting, or filling a vase with flowers. This…