Tag: river

Matinée sur la Seine (1896)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Matinée sur la Seine (Morning on the Seine) 1896 Oil on canvas, 89.2 x 92.4 cm Private collection “When you go out to paint try to forget what objects you have before you, a tree, a house, a…

Quai de Clichy, Temps gris (1887)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Quai de Clichy, Temps gris (Quai de Clichy, Grey Weather) 1887 Oil on canvas, 46 x 65.5 cm Private collection Painted in the spring of 1887, Quai de Clichy. Temps gris shows Signac at the height of his…

La Yole (1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Yole (The Skiff) 1875 Oil on canvas, 71 × 92 cm National Gallery, London We are probably looking at the river Seine near Chatou (some ten miles west of central Paris), although the exact site has not been…

The Leaping Horse (1825)

Constable, John (1776-1837) The Leaping Horse 1825 Oil on canvas, 142 x 187.3 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London The barge lowers its sail, the rope slackens and the tow horse leaps the barrier on the path. John Constable depicts a scene…

L’église de Vétheuil (1880)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) L’église de Vétheuil (The Church at Vétheuil) 1880 Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 61 cm Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton Monet moved with his family to Vétheuil in 1878 and despite the death of his wife the following year…

L’Oise à Pontoise au temps gris (1876)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) L’Oise à Pontoise au temps gris (The Oise in Pontoise in gray weather) 1876 Oil on canvas, 53.5 x 64 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam Pissarro believed that ‘Everything is suitable for drawing, everything!’ He was true to…