Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Virgin Nursing the Child c.1512 Oil on limewood, 81.6 × 54 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
The Virgin Nursing the Child (c.1512)
Tag: landscape
L’Art de la Conversation (1955)
Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Art de la Conversation (The Art of Conversation) 1955 Gouache on paper, 15.9 x 21 cm Private collection Executed in 1955, L’art de la conversation is one of a series of works in which René Magritte pursued his…
Landscape at Saint-Rémy (1889)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Landscape at Saint-Rémy (Enclosed Field with Peasant) 1889 Oil on canvas, 30 x 37-1/2 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Van Gogh‘s spirituality and intense identification with the forces of nature transformed his views of the landscape into…
Villeneuve-les-Avignon (1836)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Villeneuve-les-Avignon 1836 Oil on canvas, 10-1/4 x 16-1/4 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Corot spent the summer of 1836 in southern France, where he and his fellow painters rose early each day to sketch directly from nature.…
Maison en Provence (c.1885)
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Maison en Provence (House in Provence) c.1885 Oil on canvas, 25-1/2 x 32 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Cézanne loved the landscape of his home in southern France and devoted much of his career to painting it.…
Le printemps à Essoyes (c.1900)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le printemps à Essoyes (Springtime in Essoyes) c.1900 Oil on canvas, 19-3/4 x 24-1/8 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis See also: • Essoyes (France)
Pont-Aven vu du Bois d’Amour (1892)
Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Pont-Aven vu du Bois d’Amour (Pont-Aven Seen from the Bois d’Amour) 1892 Oil on canvas, 28-3/8 x 36-1/4 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis While the Pont-Aven artists often depicted the Breton people or countryside, images of the village…
Charing Cross Bridge (c.1900)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Charing Cross Bridge c.1900 Oil on canvas, 66 x 92.7 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Monet was fascinated by the vaporous mists of London. He visited the English capital three times between 1899 and 1901, painting views of…
The Cornfield (c.1816)
Constable, John (1776-1837) The Cornfield c.1816 Oil on canvas, 12-7/16 x 9-3/4 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis This small oil sketch was made by Constable as a preparatory study for a painting he referred to as “The Drinking Boy.” The loosely painted…
Entrée du port d’Honfleur (1899)
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Entrée du port d’Honfleur (Entrance to the Port of Honfleur) 1899 Oil on canvas, 41.6 × 50.5 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Animating this harbor scene is the glowing arc of a rainbow. Painted in 1899, years after…