Tag: light

Fifth Avenue Nocturne (c.1895)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Fifth Avenue Nocturne c.1895 Oil on canvas, 61.2 x 51 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Boston native Childe Hassam began painting in an Impressionist style during a three-year stay in Paris, from 1886 to 1889. On settling…

Charles River and Beacon Hill (c.1892)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Charles River and Beacon Hill c.1892 Oil on canvas, 40.96 x 45.72 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston In Charles River and Beacon Hill Hassam employed the radical compositional effects that he had seen in French painting to…

The Spanish Stairs, Rome (1897)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The Spanish Stairs, Rome 1897 Oil on canvas, 74.45 x 59.3 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA The Spanish Stairs in Rome have been favored by tourists since they were constructed. The monumental double staircase with…

Strawberry Tea Set (1912)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Strawberry Tea Set 1912 Oil on canvas, 93.19 x 96.36 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA Around 1910 Hassam began depicting single female figures set in comfortable domestic interiors. The critic Royal Cortissoz referred to these paintings…

Avenue of the Allies: Brazil, Belgium (1918)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Avenue of the Allies: Brazil, Belgium 1918 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 61.75 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles The Preparedness Parade down Fifth Avenue in New York on May 13, 1916, demonstrated America’s readiness…

Paysage près de Barbizon (c.1922)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Paysage près de Barbizon (Landscape near Barbizon) c.1922 Oil on canvas, 70.8 x 72.7 cm Tate Britain, London In 1919 when Derain was demobbed after serving in the First World War, he returned to his painting career. He…

Nature morte (c.1938-1943)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Nature morte (Still Life) c.1938–1943 Oil on canvas, 88.5 x 145.8 cm Tate Britain, London In his work of this period Derain explored the traditions of past art. The unusual size and monumental quality of this painting can…

André Derain (1905)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) André Derain 1905 Oil on canvas, 39.4 x 28.9 cm Tate Britain, London A portrait of the painter André Derain (1880-1954), executed at Collioure in the summer of 1905 at the same time as the portrait of Matisse…