Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Casa de Nazareth (Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth) c.1640 Oil on canvas, 165 x 218.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Stories of Christ’s childhood and adolescence became increasingly popular during the Counter-Reformation…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Nacimiento de la Virgen (The Birth of the Virgin) c.1627 Oil on canvas, 141 x 108.6 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Just as striking as Zurbarán’s color scheme are his rich, descriptive treatment of the drapery, and…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Chez le Père Lathuille (At Père Lathuille’s) 1879 Oil on canvas, 92 x 112 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai, Tournai “The modern life I spoke of, here it is” (Joris-Karl Huysmans) With Édouard Manet, painting enters modernity.…
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…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Dans un café, dit aussi L’Absinthe (In a Cafe or Absinthe) 1875–1876 Oil on canvas, 92 x 68.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Unlike his Impressionist friends, Degas was an essentially urban painter, who liked to paint the enclosed…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Un Bureau de coton à La Nouvelle-Orléans (A Cotton Office in New Orleans) 1873 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Pau See also: • New Orleans, LA (USA)
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Monsieur et Madame Édouard Manet 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 65 x 71 cm Kitakyushu Museum of Art, Kitakyushu Degas presented this portrait to his friends, Mr. and Mrs. Manet. Manet looks to be listening to the piano being…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Déjeuner dans l’atelier (Luncheon in the Studio) 1868 Oil on canvas, 118.3 x 154 cm Neue Pinakothek, Munich The title of the painting, “Le déjeuner dans l’atelier”, distracts from the fact that this is a portrait of…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Barque de Dante, d’après Delacroix (Bark of Dante, copy after Delacroix) c.1855 Oil on canvas, 38.1 x 45.72 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon Compare: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Dante et Virgile aux enfers 1822 Musée du Louvre, Paris …
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Luxe, calme et volupté (Luxury, Calm and Pleasure) 1904 Oil on canvas, 98.5 x 118.5 x 2.2 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris © Succession H. Matisse, Paris Luxe, calme et volupté testifies to the work Henri Matisse…