Tag: Paris

Musée de l’Orangerie (Paris)

Opened: 1927 Location: Jardin des Tuileries, 75001 Paris Website: https://www.musee-orangerie.fr/ Collection: • Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906): Pommes et biscuits (1880) • Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956): Portrait de madame Paul Guillaume (c.1928) • Matisse, Henri (1869-1954): Femme au violon (1921-22) • Picasso, Pablo…

Portrait de l’artiste à la lampe (1903)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Portrait de l’artiste à la lampe (Self-portrait with a Lamp) 1903 Oil on canvas, 23 x 19 cm Musée Picasso, Paris   Picasso in his studio holding Rousseau’s Self-portrait with a lamp and Portrait of the artist’s second wife with a lamp, which…

Musée Picasso (Paris)

Opened: 1985 Location: Hôtel Salé, 5 rue de Thorigny, 75003 Paris Website: https://www.museepicassoparis.fr/ Collection: • Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956): Réunion à la campagne (1909) • Matisse, Henri (1869-1954): Marguerite (1907) • Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973): Maya à la poupée (1938) • Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973): Portrait de…

The Astronomer (1668)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Astronomer (De astronoom) 1668 Oil on canvas 51 x 45 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Celestial globe by J. Hondius (1600) and astronomy manual by Metius (1621) opening to the chapter devoted to the stars, with engraving…

The Lacemaker (1669-1670)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Lacemaker (De kantwerkster) 1669–1670 Oil on canvas transferred to panel, 24 x 21 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The motif of the lacemaker at work is traditionally a sign of domestic virtue, tinged with religious moralism (the…

Marguerite Matisse

(1894–1982) Marguerite Emilienne Matisse Marguerite in Art: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Marguerite 1907 Musée Picasso, Paris     Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le chapeau en plumes d’autruche 1918 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford     Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Fête des fleurs 1923 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland   Born August…

La Musique aux Tuileries (1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries (Music in the Tuileries Gardens) 1862 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 118.1 cm National Gallery, London Portraits included in the painting: Image: The National Gallery, London 1. Édouard Manet (1832-1883) 2. Comte Albert de Balleroy (1828-1872) 3. Champfleury…

Le Chemin de fer (1873)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Chemin de fer (The Railway, Gare Saint-Lazare) 1873 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 111.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Gare Saint-Lazare, in 1873 the largest and busiest train station in Paris, is unseen in this painting.…