Tag: road

La Corniche près de Monaco (1884)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Corniche près de Monaco (La Corniche near Monaco) 1884 Oil on canvas, 75 x 94 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam In Monet’s time La Corniche was a narrow mountain track; nowadays, it is the main road between Nice and…

Arlésiennes, Mistral (1888)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Arlésiennes (Mistral) 1888 Oil on jute canvas, 73 × 92 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago One of seventeen canvases that Paul Gauguin completed during a brief and tumultuous visit with Vincent van Gogh in Arles, this powerful…

Conversation sous les oliviers (1921)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Conversation sous les oliviers (Conversation under the Olive Trees) 1921 Oil on canvas, 100 x 82 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Succession H. Matisse / VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection Beneath their tranquil surface, Matisse‘s paintings often conceal a…

Route de Gennevilliers (1883)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Route de Gennevilliers (Road to Gennevilliers) 1883 Oil on canvas, 73 x 91.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Gennevilliers (France)

Jalais Hill, Pontoise (1867)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Jalais Hill, Pontoise 1867 Oil on canvas, 87 x 114.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This view of Pontoise, just northwest of Paris, helped establish Pissarro’s reputation as an innovative painter of the rural French landscape. The…

Le Pin à Saint Tropez (1909)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Le Pin à Saint Tropez (The Pine Tree at Saint Tropez) 1909 Oil on canvas, 72 x 92 cm Pushkin Museum, Moscow See also: • Saint-Tropez (France)

Paysage à Cagnes (1905)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Paysage à Cagnes (Landscape at Cagnes) 1905 Oil on canvas, 24.2 x 31.2 cm Pola Museum of Art, Hakone See also: • Cagnes-sur-Mer (France)