Tag: MET

The Palace of Westminster (1906-1907)

Derain, André (1880-1954) The Palace of Westminster 1906–1907 Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 99.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In 1905 and 1906, Derain traveled to London at the suggestion of the art dealer Ambroise Vollard to paint the…

Village par une rivière (1867)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Village par une rivière (Village by a River) probably 1867 Oil on wood. 35.6 x 58.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boudin frequently painted landscapes along the coast of Brittany. This view of the village…

Sur la plage, Dieppe (1864)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Sur la plage, Dieppe (On the Beach, Dieppe) 1864 Oil on wood, 31.8 x 29.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The changing skies of France‘s Channel coast and the fashionable crowds on the resort beaches…

Sur la plage, coucher de soleil (1865)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Sur la plage, coucher de soleil (On the Beach, Sunset) 1865 Oil on wood, 38.1 x 58.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boudin‘s masterful and convincing representation of light effects, such as the sunset in…

Beaulieu, La baie de Fourmis (1892)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Beaulieu, La baie de Fourmis (Beaulieu, The Bay of Fourmis) 1892 Oil on canvas, 54.9 x 90.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Painted in the small town of Beaulieu on the French Riviera in March…

Sur la plage à Trouville (1863)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Sur la plage à Trouville (On the Beach at Trouville) 1863 Oil on wood, 26.7 × 48.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boudin, a native of Honfleur, began painting scenes of fashionable beach resorts along…

Sansone catturato dai filistei (1619)

Guercino (1591-1666) Sansone catturato dai filistei (Samson Captured by the Philistines) 1619 Oil on canvas, 191.1 x 236.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York According to the Bible, Samson, whose strength came from his hair, was shorn by his duplicitous…

Ia Orana Maria (1891)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) 1891 Oil on canvas, 113.7 x 87.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Before embarking on a series of pictures inspired by Polynesian religious beliefs, Gauguin devoted this, his first major Tahitian…

Portrait of the Artist (1878)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Portrait of the Artist 1878 Watercolor, gouache on wove paper laid down to buff-colored wood-pulp paper, 60 x 41.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Mary Cassatt painted this self-portrait, one of only two known, a…