Tag: Private collection

Drame au village, Pont-Aven (1894)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Drame au village, Pont-Aven (Drama in the village, Pont-Aven) 1894 Oil on canvas, 73.4 x 93 cm Private collection A dream-like, symbolic scene in sultry, evocative hues, Paul Gauguin’s Drame au village, Pont-Aven epitomizes the artist’s fascination with…

Gabrielle (c.1890)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Gabrielle c.1890 Pastel on paper, 55.4 x 46.3 cm Private collection Portraiture was the dominant form of Renoir’s oeuvre during the first few of decades of his career. In the 1860s and 1870s he accepted numerous paid commissions…

La Femme à l’ombrelle (1872)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Femme à l’ombrelle (The Woman with the Umbrella) 1872 Oil on canvas, 48.2 x 40 cm Private collection Staring out boldly at the viewer, a blue umbrella perched on her shoulder and dressed in an elegant black…

Vaches dans un pré (c.1883)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Vaches dans un pré (Cows in a meadow) c.1883 Oil on panel, 15.5 x 24 cm Private collection Vaches dans un pré was painted around 1883 and is one of Georges Seurat‘s so-called croquetons, pictures created on wooden…

Isola di San Giorgio (1948)

De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Isola di San Giorgio (The Island of San Giorgio Maggiore) 1948 Oil on canvas, 35 x 50 cm Private collection See also: • San Giorgio Maggiore (Venezia)

Vue du village de Giverny (1886)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vue du village de Giverny (View of the village of Giverny) Oil on canvas, 65.8 x 81.9 cm 1886 Private collection In 1886, the year that Monet painted this lively view over the farmhouses and fields of Giverny,…

La Rue Saint-Lazare, temps lumineux (1893)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La Rue Saint-Lazare, temps lumineux (Rue Saint-Lazare, bright weather) 1893 Oil on canvas, 73.2 x 60.2 cm Private collection “He watches the flow of life move by, majestic and dazzling. He admires the eternal beauty and the astonishing…