Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Portrait d’homme (Portrait of a Man) 1880 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 65.6 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Among Gustave Caillebotte’s most celebrated works are his views of modern Paris seen from balconies and terraces, a theme…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Léopold Zborowski 1916–1919 Oil on canvas, 100 x 65 cm Museu de Arte, São Paulo Before moving to Paris in 1906, Modigliani studied in the academies of Florence and Venice, in Italy. In the French capital, he…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Portrait d’homme (Portrait of a Man) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 64.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York In this enigmatic painting, an unidentified man in modern bourgeois attire sits in a chair among cuts of meat. A…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Amazone (The Equestrienne) c.1875–1876 Watercolor on paper, 20.8 x 27 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York In the mid-nineteenth century, the term amazone mockingly referred to fashionable Parisian women who preferred to ride on horseback instead of inside a…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Le docteur Paul Gachet (Doctor Paul Gachet) 1890 Oil on canvas, 68.2 x 57 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Inseparably entwined with the last period of Vincent van Gogh‘s life in Auvers, Dr Gachet was an original character. He…
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) Portrait du docteur Gachet (Portrait of Dr. Gachet) 1890 Oil on canvas, 67 cm × 56 cm Private Collection, Tokyo F753-JH2007 Compare with the 2nd version: Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) Le docteur Paul Gachet 1890 Musée d’Orsay, Paris …
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Famille Henriot (Henriot Family) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 164.1 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Daytrips to the countryside around Paris became a popular form of leisure during the late 19th century. Renoir alludes to this kind…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Georges Clemenceau (Portrait of Georges Clemenceau) 1879–1880 Oil on canvas, 115.9 x 88.2 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Shortly after he became prime minister of France in 1906, Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929) ordered Manet’s controversial painting…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Jeune femme dans un jardin (Young Woman in a Garden) 1879 Oil on canvas, 110.5 x 72.4 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia In this depiction of a fashionable young woman in a Parisian garden, reflective of his painting style…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Les Bulles de savon (Boy Blowing Bubbles) 1867 Oil on canvas, 100.5 x 81.4 cm Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa See also: • Koelin-Leenhoff, Léon (1852-1927)