Tag: scene

El columpio (1779)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El columpio (The Swing) 1779 Oil on canvas, 260 x 165 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This cartoon, the pair to The Washerwomen (P-786), depicts three women and four elegantly dressed children with their dog on a…

Las floreras, o La Primavera (1786)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Las floreras, o La Primavera (The Flower Girls, or Spring) 1786 Oil on canvas, 277 x 192 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A young woman holding a girl by the hand receives a rose from another who kneels…

El ciego de la guitarra (1778)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El ciego de la guitarra (The Blind Guitarist) 1778 Oil on canvas, 260 x 311 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The central motif of this work is the blind singer who travels to cities and towns, spreading…

Le Boulevard Montmartre, effet de nuit (1897)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Boulevard Montmartre, effet de nuit (The Boulevard Montmartre at Night) 1897 Oil on canvas, 53.3 x 64.8 cm National Gallery, London This painting is one of 14 views of the Boulevard Montmartre in Paris that Camille Pissarro painted…

Boulevard Montmartre, matin, temps gris (1897)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Boulevard Montmartre, matin, temps gris (Boulevard Montmartre, morning, cloudy weather) 1897 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne On 8 February 1897, after a discussion with his dealer Paul Durand-Ruel, the Éragny-based Camille…

Un Balcon, Boulevard Haussmann (1880)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Un Balcon, Boulevard Haussmann (A Balcony, Boulevard Haussmann) 1880 Oil on canvas, 69 x 62 cm Private collection A balcony at 31 Bd Haussmann, home of the painter. See also: • Boulevard Haussmann (Paris)

Périssoires (1878)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Périssoires (Canoes) 1878 Oil on canvas, 155.5 x 108.5 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes The training of Caillebotte, a student of Bonnat, seemed so short to the critic Émile Porcheron that he accused him of “tortizing perspective”. But…

Les orangers (1878)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Les orangers (The Orange Trees) 1878 Oil on canvas, 154.94 x 116.84 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston With brilliant hues of reds, greens, purples, and yellows, laid down in the flickering brushwork typical of Impressionism, Gustave Caillebotte…