Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme à la perruche (Woman with Parrot) 1871 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 65.1 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York The woman holding the parakeet is Lise Tréhot, an artist’s model and Renoir’s close companion of six years. Tréhot…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Aline Charigot c.1885 Oil on canvas, 65.4 × 54 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Renoir first met Aline Charigot in late 1879. She soon became a favorite model and, in 1890, the artist’s wife. Charigot probably posed for…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Bord de mer (Seaside, July: Specimen of a Portrait) 1878 Oil on fabric, 87.5 x 61 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland From 1869 to 1876, under the pseudonym Coïdé, Tissot published political cartoons in the British weekly…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Jeunes femmes regardant des objets japonais (Young Women Looking at Japanese Objects) c.1869–1870 Oil on canvas Private collection Compare: Tissot, James (1836-1902) Jeunes femmes regardant des objets japonais 1869 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Jeunes femmes regardant des objets japonais (Young Ladies Looking at Japanese Objects) 1869 Oil on canvas, 70.5 x 50.2 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Compare: Tissot, James (1836-1902) Jeunes femmes regardant des objets japonais c.1869–1870 Private collection …
Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Deux femmes (Two Women) 1908 Oil, pastel, sanguine and charcoal on paper, 37.4 x 33 cm Private collection
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme au piano (Woman at the Piano) 1875–1876 Oil on canvas, 93 × 74 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Le Chahut 1889–1890 Oil on canvas, 170 x 141 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Cancan The women and men in this painting are enthusiastically dancing the chahut, or cancan, a risqué dance for that period, whereby the women lift their…
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) La salle à manger, Opus 152 (The Dining Room, Opus 152) 1886–1887 Oil on canvas, 89.5 x 116.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Meeting The young Signac begins his painting career as an impressionist. That changes in 1884 when…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur, Deux musiciennes (Interior, Two Musicians) 1923 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 73.2 cm Pola Museum of Art, Hakone