Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Yole (The Skiff) 1875 Oil on canvas, 71 × 92 cm National Gallery, London We are probably looking at the river Seine near Chatou (some ten miles west of central Paris), although the exact site has not been…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Le repas frugal (The Frugal Repast) 1904 Etching, 46.7 x 36 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte et Sancho Panza (Don Quixote and Sancho Panza) 1866–1868 Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 33 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles Compare: Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte et Sancho Panza c.1855 National Gallery, London Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Bonjour Monsieur Gauguin (Good morning Mr. Gauguin) 1889 Oil on canvas and panel, 74.9 x 54.8 x 1.9 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Boulevard Montmartre, Mardi Gras 1897 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 81.3 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles See also: • Boulevard Montmartre (Paris) | Streets | Streets (Paris)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Jardin de l’artiste à Vétheuil (The Artist’s Garden at Vétheuil) 1881 Oil on canvas, 151.5 x 121 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A small child stands facing us on a sun-dappled path that runs up the center…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le déjeuner (The Luncheon) 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 231.5 x 151 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt Art history would probably have taken a different course if the jury of the Paris Salon had not turned down this painting by Monet…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les marionnettes (The puppets) 1775–1778 Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 89.8 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Les Enfants luttant (Children Wrestling) 1888 Oil on canvas, 93 x 73 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi Gauguin (1848–1903) discovered Japanese prints in 1887 through Vincent van Gogh. In 1888, for this Breton wrestling match, he adopted the aesthetic of…
Pollock, Jackson (1912-1956) Going West c.1934–1935 Oil on fiberboard, 38.3 x 52.7 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington