Tag: landscape

Printemps, arbres fruitiers en fleurs (1873)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Printemps, arbres fruitiers en fleurs (Spring, Fruit Trees in Bloom) 1873 Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 100.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Monet made this work in the vicinity of his home in Argenteuil, a…

Les quatre arbres (1891)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Les quatre arbres (The Four Trees) 1891 Oil on canvas, 81.9 x 81.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York During summer and fall 1891 Monet painted a series of views of poplars along the Epte River,…

Cabine de surveillance des douaniers (1882)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Cabine de surveillance des douaniers (Cabin of the Customs Watch) 1882 Oil on canvas, 61 x 81.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Of the fourteen versions of this motif painted at Pourville in 1882, this…

Pont sur un étang de nymphéas (1899)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Pont sur un étang de nymphéas (Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies) 1899 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 73.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In 1893, Monet, a passionate horticulturist, purchased land with a…

Madame Monet et son fils Jean (1874)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Madame Monet et son fils Jean (Madame Monet and Her Son Jean) 1874 Oil on canvas, 50.4 x 68 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In July and August 1874 Manet vacationed at his family’s house in…

Alice Hoschedé au jardin (1881)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Alice Hoschedé au jardin (Alice Hoschedé in the Garden) 1881 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm Private collection Monet‘s magnificent depiction of his garden at Vétheuil exemplifies the visual splendor of Impressionism at its height. Monet…

La Source (1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Source (The Source) 1875 Oil on canvas, 131 x 77.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The model here is Henriette Henriot, an actress who posed frequently for Renoir during his impressionist years. Renoir captures her in a…