Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Monsieur et Madame Édouard Manet 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 65 x 71 cm Kitakyushu Museum of Art, Kitakyushu Degas presented this portrait to his friends, Mr. and Mrs. Manet. Manet looks to be listening to the piano being…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Fifre (The Fifer) 1866 Oil on canvas, 160.5 x 97 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Manet, who found in a Spanish manner and subject matter an outlet for his own talent, did not visit Spain and the Prado…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Madame Manet au piano (Mme Manet at the Piano) 1868 Oil on canvas, 38.5 x 46.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Manet, Suzanne (1830-1906)
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le bonheur de vivre (The Joy of Life) 1905–1906 Oil on canvas, 176.5 x 240.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia © Succession H. Matisse, Paris This monumental canvas, which once hung in the famous collection of Gertrude and Leo Stein,…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Musique (Music) 1910 Oil on canvas, 260 x 389 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg © Succession H. Matisse “Music” forms a pair to “The Dance“, also painted in 1910. After the collector Sergey Shchukin commissioned “The Dance”, he…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au piano (Young Girls at the Piano) c.1889 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 46.36 cm Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au piano 1892 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au piano (Young Girls at the Piano) 1892 Oil on canvas, 111.8 x 86.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In late 1891 or early 1892 Renoir was invited by the French government to execute a…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au piano (Young Girls at the Piano) c.1892 Oil on canvas, 116 x 81 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris A lover of music like most Impressionists, Renoir often represented young girls at the piano. This subject, which…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au piano (Young Girls at the Piano) 1892 Oil on canvas, 116 x 90 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris In the early 1890s, friends and admirers of Renoir took exception to the fact that the French State had…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au piano (Young Girls at the Piano) 1892 Oil on canvas, 116.5 x 89.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg When the Minister of Fine Arts of France, Henri Roujon, consented to have a Renoir permanently displayed in…