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…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Printemps au bord de la Seine (Spring by the Seine) 1878 Oil on canvas, 61.8 x 50.3 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo
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…
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…
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…
Guercino (1591-1666) Cristo e la donna di Samaria al pozzo (Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well) c.1640–1641 Oil on canvas, 116 x 156 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The meeting between Christ and the woman of Samaria at the…
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…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Stevedores in Arles 1888 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid When Vincent van Gogh arrived in Arles in February 1888 seeking the luminous atmosphere of the French Midi, he eschewed pointillist and…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Portrait d’une jeune dame (Portrait of a Young Lady) c.1770–1772 Oil on canvas, 63 x 53 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection It has always been felt that the age of Louis XV finds its most characteristic…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Venise, le Grand Canal (Venice, The Grand Canal) 1895 Oil on panel, 26 x 35.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection “I regret I no longer have the years of youth needed to create a beautiful series…