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Le Chahut (1889-1890)

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…

Femme au manchon (c.1884)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Femme au manchon (Lady with a muff) c.1884 Conté crayon on paper, 29.5 x 22 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Mock This lady is dressed in the fashion of the day, with her tall hat, constricted waist, the skirt protruding…

Collioure, le clocher (1887)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Collioure, le clocher, Opus 164 (Collioure, the Belltower, Opus 164) 1887 Oil on canvas, 33 x 46 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Autodidact Paul Signac actually wanted to be a writer, but after seeing the impressionist paintings of Claude…

La salle à manger (1886-1887)

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…

Nus dans la forêt (1909-1911)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Nus dans la forêt (Nudes in the forest) 1909–1911 Oil on canvas, 120.5 × 170.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Distinctive cubist style Fernand Léger had trained as an architect, but soon switches to painting. He admires Paul…

La partie de cartes (1917)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) La partie de cartes (Soldiers Playing cards) 1917 Oil on canvas, 129.5 × 194.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Cylinder Fernand Léger begins working in a cubist style under the influence of Cézanne and later Picasso and Braque. However,…