Tag: landscape

La robe rose (1864)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) La robe rose (The Pink Dress) 1864 Oil on canvas, 110 x 148 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Originally from Montpellier, Bazille moved to Paris in 1862 to continue studying medicine. While attending the university, he used to visit Gleyre’s…

Paysage au bord du Lez (1870)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Paysage au bord du Lez 1870 Oil on canvas, 137.16 x 200.66 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis In June 1870, Bazille informed his father “I have just about finished a large landscape (eclogue).” Two weeks later he…

Scène d’été (1869)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Scène d’été / Les Baigneurs (Summer Scene / Bathers) 1869 Oil on canvas, 160 x 160.7 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge When this painting was first exhibited at the Salon of 1870, critic and artist Zacharie Astruc wrote of Bazille,…

Les Fiancés (c.1868)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Fiancés, dit Le Ménage Sisley (A Couple) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 105 x 75 cm Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne Probably we shall never establish beyond doubt the identity of the lady depicted in the painting. For a long…

Van Gogh: Landscapes

(1853–1890) The artist’s works: Watermill at Gennep 1884 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid A woman with a spade, seen from behind 1885 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Evening Landscape 1885 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Bateau de Blanchisseuses sur la Seine 1887 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond…