Tag: house

La Neige à Louveciennes (c.1874)

Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) La Neige à Louveciennes (Snow at Louveciennes) c.1874 Oil on canvas, 46.3 x 55.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Louveciennes lies about sixteen kilometres west of Paris. Sisley painted many views of and around this village in the…

Rue à Sannois (c.1912)

Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Rue à Sannois (Street in Sannois) c.1912 Oil on canvas, 54 x 81 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Maurice Utrillo is known for his depictions of Paris and its outskirts, in which figures are often incidental or completely…

Peach Trees in Blossom (1889)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Peach Trees in Blossom 1889 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London F 514, JH 1681 Vincent van Gogh captured this view of an open plain outside Arles in early spring 1889. He…

Fille avec chien (1873)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Fille avec chien (Girl with Dog) 1873 Oil on canvas, 55.2 x 45.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Painted a year before the first impressionist exhibition in Paris, this canvas has all the characteristics that would become associated with the…

Cyprès et maisons à Cagnes (1919)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Cyprès et maisons à Cagnes (Cypresses and Houses at Cagnes) 1919 Oil on canvas, 61 x 46 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia See also: • Cagnes-sur-Mer (France)

Ferme en Provence (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Ferme en Provence (Farmhouse in Provence) 1888 Oil on canvas 46.1 x 60.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington F 565, JH 1443 Van Gogh arrived in Arles in February 1888, the landscape covered with snow. But it…

Sainte-Adresse (1867)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Sainte-Adresse 1867 Oil on canvas, 57 × 80 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In June 1867, at the urging of his father, Claude Monet went to Sainte-Adresse, a popular resort town on the Normandy coast, for an extended…

Dressing for the Carnival (1877)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Dressing for the Carnival 1877 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 76.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this painting Homer evoked the dislocation and endurance of African American culture that is a legacy of slavery—specifically the Jonkonnu…