Tag: landscape

Le fils prodigue (1879)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue (The Prodigal Son) 1879 Oil on canvas, 59.4 x 71.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue c.1879 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Puvis de Chavannes,…

The Woodman’s Daughter (1851)

Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) The Woodman’s Daughter 1851 Oil on canvas, 89 x 65 cm Guildhall Art Gallery, London Study: Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Sketch for The Woodman’s Daughter 1850 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton     See also: • Patmore, Coventry (1823-1896)

Sketch for The Woodman’s Daughter (1850)

Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Sketch for The Woodman’s Daughter 1850 Graphite with touches of pen and brown ink, 24.4 x 17.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton This small graphite sketch is a study for a celebrated painting from 1851 by…

Vue de Collioure (c.1904-1905)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Vue de Collioure (View of Collioure) c.1904–1905 Watercolor over graphite on paper, 17.4 x 25.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton © Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York See also: • Collioure (France)

Paysage de Provence (c.1990)

Maar, Dora (1907-1997) Paysage de Provence (Landscape in Provence) c.1990 Watercolor over graphite on white wove paper, 24 x 31.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York See also: • Provence

Le Sommeil des Paysans (c.1808-1812)

Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Le Sommeil des Paysans (The Sleep of the Peasants) c.1808–1812 Oil on wood panel, 77.5 x 57.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Impatient with studio routine, Géricault spent four years teaching himself by copying paintings in the…

The Witch (1941)

Ernst, Max (1891-1976) The Witch 1941 Oil on canvas, 24.5 × 19 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Like many avant-garde European artists of his generation, Ernst was influenced by Sigmund Freud’s writings on the unconscious, the irrational, and the uncanny.…

Vespertina Quies (1893)

Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Vespertina Quies (Evening Quiet) 1893 Oil on canvas, 107.9 x 62.2 cm Tate Britain, London This picture evokes a mood of contemplation and stillness. Its Latin title means ‘Evening Quiet’. Burne-Jones is believed to have employed a model…

King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid (1884)

Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid 1884 Oil on canvas, 293.4 x 135.9 cm Tate Britain, London This work was based on Alfred Tennyson‘s poem ‘The Beggar Maid’. King Cophetua of Ethiopia falls in love with Penelophon, a…