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Étude pour “Une baignade à Asnières” (c.1883-1884)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Étude pour “Une baignade à Asnières” (Study for “Bathers at Asnières”) c.1883–1884 Oil on wood panel, 32 x 41 x 5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Seurat’s approach to painting differed greatly from the Impressionist painters who…

L’été (1873)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) L’été (Summer) 1873 Oil on canvas, 350 × 507 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Study: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) L’été before 1873 National Gallery, London     Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) L’été 1891 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland    

Au café (c.1877)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Au café (In the Café) c.1877 Oil on canvas, 35.7 x 27.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Alphonse Legros (c.1881)

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Alphonse Legros c.1881 Bronze, 41 x 17.4 x 45.2 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Head in bronze and cast iron on pedestal. (M’O) See also: • Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911)

Summer Night (1890)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Summer Night 1890 Oil on canvas, 76.5 x 102 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Winslow Homer began as a cartoonist reporter during the Civil War, before painting scenes describing the daily life of the army and the rural world…

Une moderne Olympia, copie d’après Cézanne (s.d.)

Gachet, Paul (1828-1909) Une moderne Olympia, copie d’après Cézanne (A modern Olympia, copy after Cézanne) s.d. Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 55 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Une moderne Olympia 1873–1874 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Olympia 1863 Musée…

Roman potter (c.1884)

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Roman potter c.1884 Oil on canvas, 152 x 80 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Fragment of the painting “Hadrian visiting a Roman-British pottery”, painted in 1884 and cut out by the artist in 1893. The other two fragments of…

Portrait of a Man Holding a Watch (1643)

Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Portrait of a Man Holding a Watch 1643 Oil on canvas, 82.6 x 66.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia For a long time the identity of this bearded man was unknown. Recent scholarship reveals that it is very likely…

The Terrace, Berne (1875)

Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Terrace, Berne 1875 Watercolor and brush on paper, 35.5 x 44.3 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Inscription: ‘Berne, from terrace of hotel where we first stayed on our wedding journey’ See also: • Bern (Switzerland)