Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Claude Monet lisant (Claude Monet reading) c.1873 Oil on canvas, 61.7 x 50 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris Companion: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Camille Monet c.1873 Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Claude Monet, Le Liseur 1872 National Gallery…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Camille Monet c.1873 Oil on canvas, 58 x 48.5 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris Pierre Auguste Renoir is certainly the artist who most often portrayed Claude Monet and his wife Camille Doncieux. The ten or so paintings he dedicated…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Mademoiselle Georgette Charpentier assise (Mlle Georgette Charpentier seated) 1876 Oil on canvas, 97.8 x 70.8 cm Artizon Museum, Tokyo Renoir, an Impressionist, painted landscapes en plein air, as did his friend Monet. He also displayed an interest, early on,…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Portrait d’Alice Derain (Portrait of Alice Derain) 1920–1921 Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 73.5 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris Derain met Alice Géry, then married to the young mathematician and Bergson enthusiast Maurice Princet, in the autumn of…
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) A Souvenir of Velazquez 1868 Oil on canvas, 102.7 x 82.4 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London The expressionistic brushwork and broad colouring of Millais‘s diploma work contrasts with the restrained naturalism of his earlier Pre-Raphaelite paintings. This…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Eugène Manet 1874 Oil on paper laid down on board, 63 × 79.5 cm Private collection See also: • Eugène Manet (1833-1892)
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) La Muse (The Muse) 1935 Oil on canvas, 130 x 162 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris Returning to a peaceful climate, Picasso painted two Inspiration figures, one drawing its own reflection in the mirror, the other sleeping. The…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le Peintre dans son atelier (The Painter and His Model) 1916–1917 Oil on canvas, 146.5 x 97 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris The window in the artist’s studio is both a crossing point and a metaphor for painting.…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Alice c.1918 Oil on canvas, 78.5 x 39 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Modigliani worked almost exclusively with the human figure and is particularly well known for his portraits. When he painted this picture his characteristic style of…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Femme en chemise (Woman in a chemise) 1906 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Effortless nonchalance and confident mastery. That’s the winning combination which enabled André Derain to create a masterpiece that now…