Tag: light

La conversione della Maddalena (c.1661-1662)

Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) La conversione della Maddalena (The Conversion of Mary Magdalene) c.1661–1662 Oil on canvas, 229.2 x 265.4 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena In the seventeenth century, Guido Cagnacci was celebrated for his deeply sensual paintings of female saints and…

Morte di Cleopatra (after 1659)

Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Morte di Cleopatra (The Death of Cleopatra) after 1659 Oil on canvas, 153 x 169 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at the bottom right of the armrest support: GVIDO CAGNAZZI The last queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, let herself…

Marée basse, Berck (1886)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Marée basse, Berck (Low Tide, Berck) 1886 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 61.3 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Known as a pleinairiste, Boudin was among the first artists to paint entire compositions, rather than just sketches, outdoors (en…

La Plage à Trouville (1888)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La Plage à Trouville (Beach at Trouville) 1888 Oil on panel, 14.3 x 23.8 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Boudin’s beach scenes provide a charming record of resort fashion through the decades. Here the wide crinolines of the…

La Plage à Trouville (1873)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La Plage à Trouville (Beach at Trouville) 1873 Oil on panel, 21 x 41.3 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Boudin was the great painter of Normandy’s beach resorts: the casinos and grand hotels of Trouville and Deauville that…

Vue de Bordeaux (1874)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Vue de Bordeaux (View of Bordeaux, from the Quai des Chartrons) 1874 Oil on fabric, 54.7 x 89.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In 1873, Boudin made his first visit to the important port city of…

Scène de plage (1865-1867)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Scène de plage (Beach Scene) c.1865–1867 Oil on panel, 34.7 x 57.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland On a beach where a strong breeze moves off the water from left to right, figures of French women,…