Tag: Netherlands

Vignobles à Auvers (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Vignobles à Auvers (Vineyards at Auvers) 1890 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 80.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis This canvas focuses on the twisted forms of grapevines depicted with Vincent van Gogh’s characteristic, heavily loaded brushstroke.…

Maude Hassam

(1862–1946) née Kathleen Maude Doane Maude in Art: Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The French Breakfast 1910 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid     Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The Mantle Piece 1912 Bush-Holley House, Cos Cob   Born June 26 1862 Montréal (Canada) Died October 13 1946 Manhattan,…

The Old Palace in Brussels (1670)

Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) The Old Palace in Brussels (Coudenberg Palace) 1670 Oil on wood, 50 x 62.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Former palace of the Dukes of Brabant in the Middle Ages (and of the Dukes of Burgundy,…

The Siesta, or Pompeian Scene (1868)

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Siesta, or Pompeian Scene 1868 Oil on canvas, 130 x 369 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A domestic scene set in classical antiquity. An old man and a youth recline on divans while an attractive young woman…

View of Auvers-sur-Oise (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) View of Auvers-sur-Oise 1890 Oil on canvas, 34 x 42.1 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence See also: • Auvers-sur-Oise (France)

Glaucus and Nydia (1867)

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Glaucus and Nydia 1867 Oil on wood panel, 39 x 64.3 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Alma-Tadema, one of the most popular Victorian painters, became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire.…

The Large Plane Trees (1889)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy) 1889 Oil on fabric, 73.4 x 91.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Van Gogh sometimes created what he called “repetitions,” in which he painted the same subject and…