Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Mauvaise surprise (Unpleasant Surprise) 1899–1901 Oil on canvas, 194.5 x 129.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The large-scale jungle scenes of Henri Rousseau are rife with violent struggles between wild animals such as lions, tigers, and horses. Here, a…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Famille Henriot (Henriot Family) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 164.1 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Daytrips to the countryside around Paris became a popular form of leisure during the late 19th century. Renoir alludes to this kind…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Les Vessenots in Auvers 1890 Oil on canvas, 55 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This landscape of ‘Les Vessenots,’ on the outskirts of Auvers, shows a group of old country cottages placed just below a raised…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) La Bascule (The See-Saw) c.1750–1752 Oil on canvas, 120 x 94.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This canvas forms the pair to a painting in the Toledo Museum of Art entitled Blind Man’s Buff (Le Colin-Maillard). Both were in…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Nymph at the Fountain c.1530–1534 Oil on panel, 75 x 120 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach was among the most important 16th-century German painters. His oeuvre includes religious compositions as…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Le Bain de Diane, La Fontaine (Diana Bathing, The Fountain) 1869–1870 Oil on canvas, 72.1 x 41 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection According to Alfred Robaut, Corot painted this work between 1869 and 1870 in the…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Madame Manet dans la serre (Madame Manet in the Conservatory) 1879 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo See also: • Manet, Suzanne (1830-1906)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Berthe Morisot à l’éventail (Berthe Morisot with a Fan) 1874 Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Berthe Morisot à l’éventail 1874 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Partie de Croquet (A Game of Croquet) 1873 Oil on canvas, 72 x 106 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt To the countryside! In 1873, the Frenchman Edouard Manet painted en plein air with its natural light for the…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Jeunes femmes regardant des objets japonais (Young Ladies Looking at Japanese Objects) 1869 Oil on canvas, 70.5 x 50.2 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Compare: Tissot, James (1836-1902) Jeunes femmes regardant des objets japonais c.1869–1870 Private collection …