Tag: landscape

Venise, le Grand Canal (1895)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Venise, le Grand Canal (Venice, The Grand Canal) 1895 Oil on panel, 26 x 35.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection “I regret I no longer have the years of youth needed to create a beautiful series…

Les enfants du pêcheur (1867)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Les enfants du pêcheur (The Fisherman’s Children) 1867 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The special appeal of this rather small canvas is threefold: It combines a calm beach at low tide with an…

L’étang dans la forêt (c.1867-1868)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) L’étang dans la forêt (The Pond in the Forest) c.1867–1868 Oil on canvas, 33.5 x 41.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Degas‘ reputation as a painter of the modern human form had completely eclipsed that of the landscapist, and…

Le dégel à Vétheuil (1880)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le dégel à Vétheuil (The Thaw at Vétheuil) 1880 Oil on canvas, 60 x 100 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The Thaw at Vétheuil forms part of the series of canvases painted by Claude Monet at the time when…

Les bois de Marly (1871)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Les bois de Marly (The Woods at Marly) 1871 Oil on canvas, 45 x 55 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In June 1871 Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet returned to France from England, where they had taken refuge during…

Les Gazomètres, Clichy (1886)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Les Gazomètres, Clichy (Gasometers at Clichy) 1886 Oil on canvas, 65 × 81 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne See also: • Clichy (France)

Gros Temps à Étretat (1883)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Gros Temps à Étretat (Rough weather at Étretat) 1883 Oil on canvas, 65 × 81 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne See also: • Étretat (France)

Maison à Rueil (1882)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Maison à Rueil (House at Rueil) 1882 Oil on canvas, 71.5 × 92.3 cm Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin Édouard Manet spent the last summer of his life, already marked by a serious illness, in the country house of the comedy…