Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La lecture (Reading) 1873 Oil on fabric, 46 x 71.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Impressionists were mostly men with a few notable exceptions, including Berthe Morisot. While Morisot‘s work includes many of the hallmarks of…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Vignes à Cagnes (The Vineyards at Cagnes) 1908 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 55.2 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Here, Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicts a woman reading beneath an olive tree on his estate near Cagnes, in the…
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Le Wagon de première classe (The First Class Carriage) 1864 Watercolor on paper, 20.5 x 30 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Printemps, La Liseuse (Spring, Woman reading) 1872 Oil on canvas, 50 x 65.5 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See also: • Argenteuil (France) | Doncieux, Camille (1847-1879)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Madame Monet (Portrait of Madame Monet) c.1874 Oil on canvas, 61.7 x 50.3 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown See also: • Doncieux, Camille (1847-1879)
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Thérèse lisant dans le parc de Méric (Thérèse reading in the park of Méric) 1867 Oil on canvas 92 x 59.2 cm Private collection The subject of this work was Bazille’s cousin and primary subject for many of…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) La Lecture interrompue (Interrupted Reading) c.1870 Oil on canvas mounted on board, 92.5 × 65.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Interrupted Reading is among the most compelling of Camille Corot’s late figure paintings. Corot almost never exhibited…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Saint Elizabeth with donor (Interior left wing) c.1514 Oil on panel, 85 x 31 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the most…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Femme lisant (Woman Reading) 1880–1881 Oil on canvas, 61.2 × 50.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago During the late nineteenth century, Parisian cafés were the gathering places of artists and writers and were ideal locations for observing…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Madame Monet lisant (Madame Monet Reading Le Figaro) c.1872–1874 Oil on canvas, 53 x 71.7 cm Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa See also: • Doncieux, Camille (1847-1879)