Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Whalers c.1845 Oil on canvas, 91.8 x 122.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Turner was seventy years old when Whalers debuted to mixed reviews at the Royal Academy exhibition of 1845. Its subject…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Grenouillère 1869 Oil on canvas, 59 x 80 cm Pushkin Museum, Moscow During the summer of 1869, Monet and Renoir set up their easels at La Grenouillère, a boating and bathing resort on the Seine River, not far from Paris. Monet noted on September 25, “I…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Grenouillère 1869 Oil on canvas, 66.5 x 81 cm Nationalmuseum, Stockholm In the short story, Paul’s mistress, the French author Guy de Maupassant describes the floating café La Grenouillère in a Paris suburb: “In the environs…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Eté à Bougival (Summer at Bougival) 1876 Oil on canvas, 47 x 62 cm Bührle Collection, Zürich See also: • Bougival (France)
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Wapping 1860–1864 Oil on canvas, 72 x 101.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down at a woman with pale skin and two men with ruddy complexions sitting at a table near a…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Le Bateau jaune (The Yellow Boat) 1891 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92.5 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena The wealthiest member of the Impressionist circle, Caillebotte helped finance the group’s exhibitions and actively collected the work of his…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Voiliers à Argenteuil (Sailboats in Argenteuil) c.1888 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 55 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Caillebotte was passionate about sailing. From 1879 onwards, he won regattas on the Seine and attracted attention for his luxurious and…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Two Chained Monkeys 1562 Oil on oak panel, 19.9 x 23.3 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: Inscription lower left: • BRVEGEL • MDLXII • This unusual picture dates from the year 1562, shortly before Bruegel…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples c.1551–1553 Oil on panel, 42.2 x 71.2 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma The extraordinary panel shows the port of Naples, in which a naval battle, probably invented, takes place.…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Netherlandish Proverbs 1559 Oil on oak panel, 117.2 x 163.8 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: Reference lower right: BRVEGEL • 1559 The picture brings together 100 proverbs and places them in surroundings that are as…