Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le clown musical (The Clown) 1868 Oil on canvas, 193.5 x 130 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Commission Auguste Renoir made this large painting on commission for the owner of the café of Cirque d’Hiver, the winter circus in Paris.…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) The Seashore 1883–1885 Oil on thin board, 8.26 x 15.24 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Pigments almost the sheerness of a glaze stroked subtly onto the surface of a panel is a hallmark of…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Bord de mer à Sainte-Adresse (Seashore at Sainte-Adresse) 1868 Oil on canvas, 43.5 x 65.4 cm Private collection Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Bord de mer à Sainte-Adresse 1864 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis See also: • Sainte-Adresse (France)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Bord de mer à Sainte-Adresse (The Seashore at Sainte-Adresse) 1864 Oil on canvas, 40.01 x 73.03 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Bord de mer à Sainte-Adresse 1868 Private collection See also:…
Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Femme à l’éventail (Lady with a Fan) c.1869–1870 Pastel on paper affixed to board, 42.5 x 27 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Like Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, and other women who found recognition in the male-dominated…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur à Nice (Interior at Nice) c.1919 Oil on canvas, 66.7 x 54.9 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis In this canvas, Henri Matisse evoked the relaxed atmosphere of Nice, France, a seaside city where the artist lived…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) La dernière prière des martyrs chrétiens (The Christian Martyrs’ Last Prayer) 1883 Oil on canvas, 87.9 x 150.1 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore William T. Walters commissioned this painting in 1863, but the artist did not deliver it until…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Tigre aux aguets (Tiger on the Watch) c.1888 Oil on canvas, 63.5 x 90.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Marine grise (Grey sea) 1880 Oil on canvas, 59 x 74 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Siddal, Elizabeth (1829-1862) Sir Patrick Spens 1856 Watercolour on paper, 24.1 x 22.9 cm Tate Britain, London This picture is based on an ancient Scottish ballad. The King of Scotland asks Sir Patrick Spens, the best sailor in the land, to…