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…
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…
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…
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…
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)
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…
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…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Étude de nu, dit Nu couché (Nude Study, known as Reclining Nude) 1864 Oil on canvas, 70.50 x 190.50 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Vue depuis la route de Versailles, Louveciennes (View from the Versailles Road, Louveciennes) 1870 Oil on canvas, 45.8 x 55.7 cm Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton Camille Pissarro was an important member of the Impressionist group, exhibiting at all…