Tag: light

Petites maisons près de Pontoise (1873-1874)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Petites maisons près de Pontoise (Small Houses in Pontoise) c.1873–1874 Oil on canvas, 40.7 x 50.9 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Cézanne painted this landscape when he was working alongside Camille Pissarro in the Oise valley, north…

Nature morte à la commode (1887-1888)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Nature morte à la commode (Still Life with Commode) c.1887–1888 Oil on canvas, 63.8 x 79.9 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Many artists of the twentieth century credited Cézanne with revolutionizing painting through his unique style and…

Woman on a Striped Sofa with a Dog (1876)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Woman on a Striped Sofa with a Dog 1876 Oil on wood panel, 41.9 x 33.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA After studying in the United States and traveling throughout Europe, Cassatt settled in Paris in 1874.…

Poèmes Barbares (1896)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Poèmes Barbares (Savage Poems) 1896 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 48.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Gauguin’s model for this painting was likely Pau’ura a Tai, a 14-year-old girl whom the artist described as his “native wife”…

A Naiad (1893)

Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) A Naiad (or Hylas with a Nymph) 1893 Oil on canvas, 66 x 127 cm Private collection

A Mermaid (1900)

Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) A Mermaid 1900 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 66.6 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London John William Waterhouse presented this painting to the Royal Academy after his election as an Academician. From the 1880s Waterhouse exhibited at…