Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) L’Atelier du peintre (The Painter’s Studio) 1854–1855 Oil on canvas, 361 x 598 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris The enormous Studio is without doubt Courbet‘s most mysterious composition. However, he provides several clues to its interpretation: “It’s the whole world…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Un enterrement à Ornans (A Burial at Ornans) 1849–1850 Oil on canvas, 315 x 668 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris At the end of the summer of 1849, Courbet began his first monumental painting. He wanted to make it…
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) The Kiss/Lovers (Der Kuss/Liebespaar) 1908 (completed 1909) Oil and gold on canvas, 180 x 180 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna The Kiss (Lovers) by Gustav Klimt is the most famous Austrian painting and the highlight of the permanent collection at…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Majas al balcón (Majas on a Balcony) c.1800–1810 Oil on canvas, 194.9 x 125.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Attributed to Goya. The women known as majas visually distinguished themselves through opulent, exaggerated traditional dress that…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Majas al balcón (Majas on a Balcony) c.1808–1812 Oil on canvas, 162 x 107 cm Private collection, Switzerland Compare: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Majas al balcón c.1800–1810 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Bartolomé Sureda y Miserol c.1803–1804 Oil on canvas, 119.7 x 79.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the knees up, a cleanshaven, young man with pale, peachy skin leans on his right elbow, to our left,…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Corral de locos (Yard with Madmen) 1794 Oil on tin-plated iron, 42.9 x 31.4 cm Meadows Museum, Dallas Compare: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Casa de locos after 1794 Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El columpio (The Swing) 1787 Oil on canvas, 169 x 100 cm Private collection, Madrid
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…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Boulevard Montmartre, temps de pluie, apres-midi (Boulevard Montmartre, Rainy Weather, Afternoon) 1897 Oil on canvas, 52.5 x 66 cm Private collection See also: • Boulevard Montmartre (Paris) | Streets | Streets (Paris)