Tag: sea

Bordeaux, le port (1874)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Bordeaux, le port (Bordeaux, the Harbor) 1874 Oil on canvas, 30.3 x 46.3 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Compare: Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Vue de Bordeaux 1874 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland     See also: • Bordeaux (France)

Les Falaises à Étretat (1885)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Les Falaises à Étretat (The Cliffs at Étretat) 1885 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 81.3 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown See also: • Étretat (France)

Rockets and Blue Lights (1840)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand) to Warn Steamboats of Shoal Water 1840 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 122.2 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown

La Corniche près de Monaco (1884)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Corniche près de Monaco (La Corniche near Monaco) 1884 Oil on canvas, 75 x 94 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam In Monet’s time La Corniche was a narrow mountain track; nowadays, it is the main road between Nice and…

La Femme aux bas blancs (1864)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Femme aux bas blancs (Woman with White Stockings) 1864 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Traditionally, European painters made the nude subject decorous by presenting it as part of an edifying mythological narrative.…

Haere Pape (1892)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Haere Pape 1892 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 67.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Fed up with industrialized Europe, Paul Gauguin went to Tahiti in 1891 seeking a simpler, more “primitive” way of life, one uncorrupted by modern technology…