Tag: light

La Sieste (1877)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) La Sieste (The Nap) 1877 Pastel on paper, 35 x 50 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford

Les intermittences du coeur (1950)

Magritte, René (1898-1967) Les intermittences du coeur (The Fickleness of the Heart) 1950 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 63.5 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford The Belgian Surrealist Magritte developed a set of symbols that he used in new combinations throughout his career. The…

San Serapio (1628)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Serapio (Saint Serapion) 1628 Oil on canvas, 120.2 x 104 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Saint Serapion was a monk who gave his life to liberate Christians captured during the thirteenth century in North Africa. The…

La Solitude (1931)

Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) La Solitude (Loneliness) 1931 Oil on canvas, 35.2 x 27.2 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford “Solitude” was the first painting by Dalí to enter a museum collection anywhere in the world, and it is typical of his earliest, often…

Le Brochet (1888)

Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Le Brochet (The Pike) 1888 Oil on canvas, 41.9 x 80.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford In dabs of paint, Sisley captures the light sparkling on this magnificent pike and the bright sprig of herbs nearby. The rumpled linen,…