Tag: light

La lettre (c.1776)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) La lettre (The Letter) c.1776 Oil on canvas, 38.1 x 29.5 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati

Capriccio (c.1765)

Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio (Venetian Courtyard) c.1765 Oil on canvas, 66 x 48 cm Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv See also: • Venezia (Italia)

Atiti (1892)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Atiti 1892 Oil on canvas, 29.7 x 24.7 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Atiti on his deathbed In 1891 Paul Gauguin moves to Tahiti. There he becomes friends with his neighbours, the Suhas family. He feels particularly close to…

L’Arc-en-ciel, Pontoise (1877)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) L’Arc-en-ciel, Pontoise (The Rainbow, Pontoise) 1877 Oil on canvas, 52.9 x 81.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Impressionistic The rainbow, Pontoise reflects a typically impressionistic way of observing and painting. The sun has just broken through after a storm…

Le bateau-atelier (1874)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le bateau-atelier (Monet’s studio-boat) 1874 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 65.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo In the open air In 1841, zinc paint tubes appeared for the first time, making painting in the open air a lot simpler.…