Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Deux Soeurs, Sur la terrasse (Two Sisters, On the Terrace) 1881 Oil on canvas, 100.4 × 80.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago “He loves everything that is joyous, brilliant, and consoling in life,” an anonymous interviewer once…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Portrait de Juliette Courbet (Portrait of Juliette Courbet) 1844 Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 62 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Courbet, Juliette (1831-1915)
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El columpio (The Swing) 1779 Oil on canvas, 260 x 165 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This cartoon, the pair to The Washerwomen (P-786), depicts three women and four elegantly dressed children with their dog on a…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga 1783 Oil on canvas, 134.5 x 117.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young girl with pale skin, rosy cheeks, and blond hair stands facing us in front of a…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Le jardin du Petit Gennevilliers en hiver (Garden at Petit Gennevilliers in Winter) 1894 Oil on canvas, 73 x 56 cm Private collection See also: • Gennevilliers (France)
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) L’homme au balcon, boulevard Haussmann (Man on a Balcony) 1880 Oil on canvas, 116.5 x 89.5 cm Private collection Image: Christie’s See also: • Boulevard Haussmann (Paris)
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Chaumière à Trouville (Cottage at Trouville) 1882 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Private collection See also: • Trouville-sur-Mer (France)
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Cache-cache (Hide and Seek) c.1877 Oil on wood, 73.4 x 53.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In early 1874 Degas wrote, “Look here, my dear Tissot. . . you positively must exhibit at the Boulevard [in the…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Le Rêve (The Dream) 1910 Oil on canvas, 204.5 x 298.5 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La charmeuse de serpents (The Snake Charmer) 1907 Oil on canvas, 167 x 189.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris