Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Claude Monet Painting by the Edge of a Wood 1885 Oil on canvas, 54 x 64.8 cm Tate Britain, London Sargent painted two portraits of Claude Monet, one of which, showing the sitter in profile, was exhibited at…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Carnaval, Boulevard des Capucines (Carnival on the Boulevard des Capucines) 1873 Oil on canvas, 80 x 61 cm Pushkin Museum, Moscow See also: • Boulevard des Capucines (Paris)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Boulevard des Capucines 1873–1874 Oil on canvas, 80.33 x 60.33 cm Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City See also: • Boulevard des Capucines (Paris)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Tamise à Westminster (The Thames at Westminster) c.1871 Oil on canvas, 47 x 73 cm National Gallery, London Monet arrived in London in September 1870, fleeing from the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune, and stayed until May…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Il Ratto di Proserpina (The Rape of Proserpina) 1621–1622 Marble, 255 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The work portrays the abduction of Proserpine by Pluto, god of the underworld. Narrated by both Claudian and Ovid, the myth tells…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) I Raro te Oviri (Under the Pandanus) 1891 Oil on canvas, 67.31 x 90.8 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas In his mid-thirties, Paul Gauguin abandoned his life as a stockbroker to become an artist. He sought to…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Christ jaune (The Yellow Christ) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92.07 x 73.34 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo The Symbolists, who emerged during the 1880s, were weary of modern society and sought escape from reality. They began to…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Van Gogh peignant des tournesols (Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers) 1888 Oil on canvas, 73 x 91 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Was Van Gogh really painting a vase of sunflowers when his friend Gauguin produced this portrait of him?…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Déjeuner des canotiers (Luncheon of the Boating Party) 1880–1881 Oil on canvas, canvas 130.2 x 175.6 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington Detail of Aline Charigot. Detail of Gustave Caillebotte. Detail of Ellen Andrée drinking in the center. Detail…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Déjeuner au bord de la rivière (Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise, The Rowers’ Lunch) 1875 Oil on canvas, canvas 55.1 x 65.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Chatou (France) | Restaurant Fournaise (Chatou)