Tag: reflection

Vétheuil en été (1879)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vétheuil en été (Vétheuil in Summer) 1879 Oil on canvas, 67.7 x 90.5 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vétheuil 1879 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne     See also: • Vétheuil (France)

San Francisco en meditación (c.1635)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 68.6 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Zurbarán is recognized as one of the greatest Spanish painters of the seventeenth century. He…

Le Bateau-atelier (1876)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Bateau-atelier (The Studio Boat) 1876 Oil on canvas, 72.7 x 60 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The figure in the boat is the artist, Claude Monet, who outfitted this floating studio with all his supplies so that he…

Frances, Countess of Dartmouth (1756)

Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Frances, Countess of Dartmouth 1756 Oil on canvas, 127 x 102 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The present portrait of Frances, Countess of Dartmouth was acquired for the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in 1977 from the UK art market. As with…

Marée basse à Varengeville (1882)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Marée basse à Varengeville (Low Tide at Varengeville) 1882 Oil on canvas, 60 x 81 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection In February 1882, Claude Monet left Poissy to travel to Dieppe and Pourville, on the Norman…

Les fleurs jaunes (1902)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Les fleurs jaunes (The Yellow Flowers) 1902 Oil on canvas, 46 x 54.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Succession H. Matisse / VEGAP, Madrid Still-life paintings played a primordial role in Henri Matisse’s beginnings in art. During the first…

Watermill at Gennep (1884)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Watermill at Gennep 1884 Oil on canvas, 85 x 151 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection During his time in Nuenen between 1883 and 1885 Van Gogh focused on a study of rural life in the Brabant…