Tag: Paris

Jardin du Luxembourg, Monument de Chopin (1909)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Jardin du Luxembourg, Monument de Chopin (Luxembourg Gardens, Monument to Chopin) 1909 Oil on canvas, 38 x 47 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Chopin, Frédéric | Jardin du Luxembourg | Monument de Chopin

La Seine à Meudon (1897-1905)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Seine à Meudon (Outskirts of Paris) 1897–1905 Oil on fabric, 37.8 x 45.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Rousseau once said to Picasso: “We are the two greatest artists of this era, you in the Egyptian style,…

Le Navire dans la tempête (c.1899)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Le Navire dans la tempête (Boat in the Storm) c.1899 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris Was it the appeal of the voyage that prompted Rousseau to paint this ship? Except that this trip…

Musée de l’Orangerie (Paris)

Opened: 1927 Address: Jardin des Tuileries, 75001 Paris, France 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 la seconde femme de Rousseau (1903)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Portrait de la seconde femme de l’Artiste avec une lampe (Portrait of the Artist’s Second Wife 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…

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 Address: Hôtel Salé, 5 rue de Thorigny, 75003 Paris, France Website: https://www.museepicassoparis.fr/ Collection: • Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956): Réunion à la campagne (1909) • Matisse, Henri (1869-1954): Marguerite (1906-07) • Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973): Maya à la poupée (1938) • Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973):…

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…

Le Garçon au chat (1868)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Garçon au chat (Young Boy with a Cat) 1868 Oil on canvas, 123.5 x 66 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris The Boy with the Cat has not given up all its secrets. This male nude has no equivalent in…