Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Vue de Volterra (View of Volterra) 1838 Oil on canvas, 32.2 x 24.4 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego See also: • Volterra (Italia)
Vue de Volterra (1838)
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Haere Pape (1892)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Haere Pape 1892 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 67.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Fed up with industrialized Europe, Paul Gauguin went to Tahiti in 1891 seeking a simpler, more “primitive” way of life, one uncorrupted by modern technology…
La Leçon de musique (1917)
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Leçon de musique (The Music Lesson) 1917 Oil on canvas, 245.1 x 210.8 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse set this portrait of his wife, daughter, and two sons in the living room of the family home in…
Les Demoiselles à la rivière (1909-1917)
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Les Demoiselles à la rivière (Bathers by a River) 1909–1910 & 1916–1917 Oil on canvas, 260 × 392 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Henri Matisse considered Bathers by a River to be one of the five most…
Le Vélino à la sortie du lac Papigno (1826)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Le Velino, la Sortie du Lac de Papigno (The Vélino at the exit of Lake Papigno) 1826 Oil on paper on canvas, 24 x 39.2 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo See also: • Terni (Italia)
Les Vessenots in Auvers (1890)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Les Vessenots in Auvers 1890 Oil on canvas, 55 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This landscape of ‘Les Vessenots,’ on the outskirts of Auvers, shows a group of old country cottages placed just below a raised…
Lever de lune sur les bords de l’Oise (1874)
Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Lever de lune sur les bords de l’Oise (Moonrise on the Banks of the River Oise) 1874 Oil on panel, 38.5 x 67.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection The river Oise was one of Daubigny‘s favourite…
Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes (c.1509-1510)
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes c.1509–1510 Oil on panel, 71.5 x 44.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Together with Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the leading figures in the 16th-century…
Le Bain de Diane (1869-1870)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Le Bain de Diane, La Fontaine (Diana Bathing, The Fountain) 1869–1870 Oil on canvas, 72.1 x 41 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection According to Alfred Robaut, Corot painted this work between 1869 and 1870 in the…
Le dégel à Vétheuil (1880)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le dégel à Vétheuil (The Thaw at Vétheuil) 1880 Oil on canvas, 60 x 100 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The Thaw at Vétheuil forms part of the series of canvases painted by Claude Monet at the time when…