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) Coin de table (By the Table) 1872 Oil on canvas, 161 x 223.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Standing: 1. Pierre Elzéar (1849-1916) 2. Émile Blémont (1839-1927) 3. Jean Aicard (1848-1921) Seated: 4. Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) 5. Arthur…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Édouard Manet 1867 Oil on canvas, 117.5 x 90 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Finely dressed and carrying an elegant walking stick, influential French artist Édouard Manet appears before a stark background evocative of his own paintings as…
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…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Antonin Proust 1880 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 95.9 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo This portrait was painted in a single sitting using unprepared canvas. Exhibited at the 1880 Paris Salon, it was praised by some for…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Chanteuse de rue (Street Singer) c.1862 Oil on canvas, 171.1 x 105.8 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Awkwardly clutching her guitar and a parcel of cherries, a street musician hitches up her skirt to facilitate her…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Mlle V. en costume d’espada (Mademoiselle V. in the Costume of an Espada) 1862 Oil on canvas, 165.1 x 127.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet depicted model Victorine Meurent (1844–1927) in the guise of a…
Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916) Sur la terrasse à Sèvres (On the Terrace at Sèvres) 1880 Oil on canvas, 88 x 115 cm Musée du Petit Palais, Genève Sur la terrasse de la villa Brancas avec Henri Fantin-Latour. See also: • Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto del Cardinale Pietro Bembo (Portrait of Cardinal Pietro Bembo) 1539–1540 Oil on canvas, 94.5 x 76.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Pietro Bembo (1470–1547) wears the red biretta and cape of a cardinal. At the time Titian painted…