Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Baigneuse aux cheveux blonds dénoués (Bather with loose blonde hair) c.1903 Oil on canvas, 92.7 × 73.4 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
Baigneuse aux cheveux blonds dénoués (c.1903)
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Après le bain (1876)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Après le bain (After the bath) 1876 Oil on canvas, 92.4 × 73.2 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna The woman’s gaze is dreamily directed into space. She seems to pause as she dries herself and feels unobserved. Lively brushstrokes…
Mlle. Jeanne Samary (c.1878)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Mlle. Jeanne Samary c.1878 Pastel, 69.7 x 47.7 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati See also: • Samary, Jeanne (1857-1890)
Portrait de Madame X (1878)
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Portrait de Madame X (Portrait of Madame X) 1878 Pastel, 63 x 50 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier A central figure in Impressionism, Caillebotte trained in 1871 in the very academic studio of Léon Bonnat. While he passed the entrance…
Femmes d’Alger dans leur intérieur (1849)
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Femmes d’Alger dans leur intérieur (Women of Algiers in their interior) 1849 Oil on canvas, 85 × 112 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Paris, entrusted by the artist to the silver statue lottery, around September 1849; acquired from this lottery…
Le héron aux ailes déployées (1867)
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Le héron aux ailes déployées (The Heron with Outstretched Wings) 1867 Oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Deposit of the Jeu de Paume museum, 1979 (inv. D79.1.5) Compare: Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Nature morte au héron 1867…
Trophée de chasse (1862)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Trophée de chasse (Hunting Trophy) 1862 Oil on canvas, 104 x 75 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Work recovered by the Allies in 1945, MNR 213; Deposited by the Musée d’Orsay, 2006. Monet seems to have had a particular liking…
Jardin en fleurs à Sainte-Adresse (c.1866)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jardin en fleurs à Sainte-Adresse (Garden in Bloom in Sainte-Adresse) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54.50 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Work recovered by the Allies in 1945, MNR 216; Deposited by the Musée d’Orsay, 2006. See also: • Sainte-Adresse (France)
Santa Águeda (c.1635-1640)
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Santa Águeda (Saint Agatha) c.1635–1640 Oil on canvas, 129 × 61 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier The prefect Quintianus wants to marry the beautiful and noble Sicilian Agathe; having dedicated her life to Christ, she refuses. So he makes…
Allée de châtaigniers à La Celle-Saint-Cloud (1867)
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Allée de châtaigniers à La Celle-Saint-Cloud (Avenue of Chestnut Trees near La Celle-St-Cloud) 1867 Oil on canvas, 95.5 x 122.2 cm Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton Sisley was born to an English family but spent most of his life…