Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Bohémien (The Bohemian) 1861–1862, date of rework: 1867 Oil on canvas, 90.5 x 55.3 x 2.5 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi The pose of this young man with a bent wrist recalls Renaissance painting and endows the work with…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child, Wittgenstein Madonna) 1480–1485 Oil on wood, 109 x 85 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi Probably dating from the early 1480s, this work is very representative of the early Venetian Renaissance and the art of…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme prenant du chocolat (Cup of Chocolate) c.1912 Oil on canvas, 54.1 x 65.1 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Renoir painted this canvas years after he had moved away from impressionism, when he was living in the rural countryside of…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait d’Henriette Henriot (Portrait of Henriette Henriot) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 55 x 46.5 cm Oskar Reinhart Collection ‘Am Römerholz’, Winterthur See also: • Henriot, Henriette (1857-1944)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Mademoiselle Henriot ou Jeune fille au ruban bleu (Mademoiselle Henriot or Young Lady with a Blue Ribbon) 1876 Oil on canvas, 41.9 x 33 cm Private collection Mademoiselle Henriot ou Jeune fille au ruban bleu is a lively…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Amoureux (The Lovers) 1875 Oil on canvas, 175 x 130 cm National Gallery, Prague The resting pair of lovers in the middle of nature in the painting Lovers is presented in a highly dynamic painting with rapidly alternating…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Camille Monet c.1873 Oil on canvas, 58 x 48.5 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris Pierre Auguste Renoir is certainly the artist who most often portrayed Claude Monet and his wife Camille Doncieux. The ten or so paintings he dedicated…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Mademoiselle Georgette Charpentier assise (Mlle Georgette Charpentier seated) 1876 Oil on canvas, 97.8 x 70.8 cm Artizon Museum, Tokyo Renoir, an Impressionist, painted landscapes en plein air, as did his friend Monet. He also displayed an interest, early on,…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Madame Georges Charpentier 1876–1877 Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Charpentier, Marguerite-Louise (1848-1904)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Monsieur Charpentier c.1879 Oil on canvas, 32.5 x 25 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Renoir‘s skill at rendering his subjects in a flattering light meant that his portraits were in high demand among Parisian bourgeois society. This small portrait likely…