Tag: light

Los cómicos ambulantes (1793)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Los cómicos ambulantes (The Strolling Players) 1793 Oil on tinplate, 42.5 x 31.7 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This popular scene painted with great technical freedom shows an improvised stage surrounded by people in the midst of a…

Las gigantillas (1791-1792)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Las gigantillas (Little Giants) 1791–1792 Oil on canvas 137 x 104 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Five boys play at riding on each other’s shoulders in the game called “Chicken Fights” or “Horse and Rider” in a setting…

Autorretrato ante su caballete (c.1785)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Autorretrato ante su caballete (Self-portrait at his easel) c.1785 Oil on canvas, 40 x 27 cm Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid The execution of this canvas coincides with a decisive stage in Goya‘s life in Madrid. In…

Las floreras, o La Primavera (1786)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Las floreras, o La Primavera (The Flower Girls, or Spring) 1786 Oil on canvas, 277 x 192 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A young woman holding a girl by the hand receives a rose from another who kneels…

Les côteaux de l’Hermitage, Pontoise (c.1867)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Les côteaux de l’Hermitage, Pontoise (The Hermitage at Pontoise) c.1867 Oil on canvas, 150.3 x 200 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York The view represented here is a winding village path at the base of a cluster of houses…

Boulevard Montmartre, printemps (1897)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Boulevard Montmartre, printemps (Boulevard Montmartre, Spring) 1897 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Israel Museum, Jerusalem See also: • Boulevard Montmartre (Paris) | Streets | Streets (Paris)

Le Boulevard Montmartre, effet de nuit (1897)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Boulevard Montmartre, effet de nuit (The Boulevard Montmartre at Night) 1897 Oil on canvas, 53.3 x 64.8 cm National Gallery, London This painting is one of 14 views of the Boulevard Montmartre in Paris that Camille Pissarro painted…

Boulevard Montmartre, matin, temps gris (1897)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Boulevard Montmartre, matin, temps gris (Boulevard Montmartre, morning, cloudy weather) 1897 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne On 8 February 1897, after a discussion with his dealer Paul Durand-Ruel, the Éragny-based Camille…