Tag: light

Concarneau, calme du soir (1891)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Concarneau, calme du soir, Allegro Maestoso (Evening Calm, Concarneau) 1891 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York As Georges Seurat’s most ardent follower, Paul Signac steadfastly promoted the principles of Neo-Impressionism all his…

Jalais Hill, Pontoise (1867)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Jalais Hill, Pontoise 1867 Oil on canvas, 87 x 114.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This view of Pontoise, just northwest of Paris, helped establish Pissarro’s reputation as an innovative painter of the rural French landscape. The…

Don Quichotte (c.1868)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte (Don Quixote) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 52.2 x 32.8 cm Neue Pinakothek, Munich Compare: Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte et Sancho Panza c.1855 National Gallery, London     Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte lisant 1865–1867 National Museum Wales, Cardiff    …

Sur le bateau (1887)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Sur le bateau (On the Boat) 1887 Oil on canvas, 145.5 x 133.5 cm National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo See also: • Hoschedé Monet, Blanche (1865-1947) | Hoschedé Butler, Suzanne (1863-1899)

Comblat-le-Château, le pré (1887)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Comblat-le-Château, le pré, Opus 161 (Comblat-le-Château, the Meadow, Opus 161) 1887 Oil on canvas, 66.36 × 82.55 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas A meadow dotted with trees is separated from a rustic house by a low fence. A…

Le Marché aux poissons, Dieppe, temps gris, matin (1902)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Marché aux poissons, Dieppe, temps gris, matin (The Fish Market, Dieppe: Grey Weather, Morning) 1902 Oil on canvas, 65.41 × 80.96 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Starting in the 1890s, Pissarro turned increasingly toward the depiction of…

Mont Saint-Michel, soleil couchant (1897)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Mont Saint-Michel, soleil couchant (Mont Saint-Michel, Setting Sun) 1897 Oil on canvas, 66.04 × 81.6 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas In 1897 Paul Signac made a series of seven paintings of Mont Saint-Michel, a medieval monastery on…