(1841–1870) Jean Frédéric Bazille The artist’s works: Étude de nu, dit Nu couché 1864 Musée Fabre, Montpellier La robe rose 1864 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Autoportrait 1865–1866 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Autoportrait 1865–1867 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Forêt de Fontainebleau 1865 Musée…
(1848–1894) The artist’s works: L’Yerres, effet de pluie 1875 Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington Raboteurs de parquet 1875 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Étude pour “Le Pont de l’Europe” 1876 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Jeune homme à sa fenêtre 1876 Getty Center, Los Angeles Le…
(1599–1660) Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez The artist’s works: El almuerzo c.1617 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg La educación de la Virgen c.1617–1618 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven Almuerzo de campesinos c.1618–1619 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Bodegón 1618–1620 Art Institute of…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La fin du déjeuner (After the Luncheon) 1879 Oil on canvas, 101 x 81 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt In the arbour of a Parisian restaurant, an abundant meal is drawing to a close. The actress Ellen Andrée has taken…
Opened: 1871 Closed: 2004 Address: 9 Place Pigalle, 75009 Paris, France The Café de la Nouvelle Athènes in Art: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Dans un café, dit aussi L’Absinthe 1875–1876 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Prune c.1877 National Gallery of Art, Washington…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Bal du moulin de la Galette (Dance at Le moulin de la Galette) 1876 Oil on canvas, 131.5 x 176.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris From 1879 to 1894, in the Gustave Caillebotte collection. This painting is doubtless Renoir‘s most…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de l’artiste (Self-Portrait) 1879 Oil on canvas, 18.8 x 14.2 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1876 Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 57.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA In the first flush of major success as an artist, Renoir depicts himself in front of an easel. By 1876, he had participated in the…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 39.1 x 31.6 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown When Renoir made this self-portrait in 1875, his paintings were bringing in little income. The artist presents himself with unkempt hair and beard, yet smartly…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1899 Oil on canvas, 41.4 x 33.7 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Renoir presents himself in this self-portrait as a mature and confident man. He was in his late fifties and well-established as an artist; the flowered…