Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Le Palais des Papes, Avignon, Soir (The Papal Palace, Avignon, Evening) 1909 Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 91.9 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Avignon (France)
Le Palais des Papes (1909)
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Une nourrice au Jardin du Luxembourg (c.1872)
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Une nourrice au Jardin du Luxembourg (A Nanny in the Luxembourg Gardens) c.1872 Oil on canvas, 65 x 92 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier The theme of childhood runs through all of Degas‘ work, from dancers to nurses. This slightly…
Jean Monet (1880)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean Monet 1880 Oil on canvas, 46 x 37 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris See also: • Monet, Jean (1867-1914)
La Première Sortie (1876-1877)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Première Sortie (At the Theatre) 1876–1877 Oil on canvas, 65 × 49.5 cm National Gallery, London We seem to be sitting in a box at the theatre, which we share with two young women. But we can’t be…
La Mort de Sardanapale, esquisse (1826-1827)
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La Mort de Sardanapale, esquisse (The Death of Sardanapalus, sketch) 1826–1827 Oil on canvas, 81 × 100 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La mort de Sardanapale 1844 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Mort de…
Woman in a Loge (1879)
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge 1879 Oil on canvas, 81.5 × 59.5 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Cassatt created a series of theater scenes in the late 1870s, displaying an interest in city nightlife shared…
Une moderne Olympia (1873-1874)
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Une moderne Olympia (A modern Olympia) 1873–1874 Oil on canvas, 46.2 x 55.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Cézanne‘s early works, executed in dark colors, were strongly inspired by those of the Old Masters and by the compositions of Delacroix,…
Joan Miró
(1893–1983) Joan Miró i Ferrà The artist’s works: La casa de la palmera 1918 Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid Caballo, pipa y flor roja 1920 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia La masía 1921–1922 National Gallery of Art, Washington La terre labourée 1923–1924 Guggenheim Museum, New York…
La sfida delle Pieridi (c.1523-1527)
Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) La sfida delle Pieridi (The Challenge of the Pierides) c.1523–1527 Oil on wood transferred to canvas, 31 x 63 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris A rare mythological subject This small painting represents an episode reported by Ovid in…
Madonna col Bambino (15th century)
Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) 15th century Relief, polychrome gesso, 64 x 55 x 19.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris