Tag: shadow

Atiti (1892)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Atiti 1892 Oil on canvas, 29.7 x 24.7 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Atiti on his deathbed In 1891 Paul Gauguin moves to Tahiti. There he becomes friends with his neighbours, the Suhas family. He feels particularly close to…

L’Arc-en-ciel, Pontoise (1877)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) L’Arc-en-ciel, Pontoise (The Rainbow, Pontoise) 1877 Oil on canvas, 52.9 x 81.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Impressionistic The rainbow, Pontoise reflects a typically impressionistic way of observing and painting. The sun has just broken through after a storm…

Le bateau-atelier (1874)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le bateau-atelier (Monet’s studio-boat) 1874 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 65.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo In the open air In 1841, zinc paint tubes appeared for the first time, making painting in the open air a lot simpler.…

Odilon Redon (1900)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Odilon Redon 1900 Lithograph (chine appliqué), 41.8 x 31.2 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo See also: • Redon, Odilon (1840-1916)

Sarah Bernhardt à table (1885)

Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927) Sarah Bernhardt à table (Sarah Bernhardt at the Table) 1885 Gouache and pastel on paper mounted on canvas, 64 x 91 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923)

Autoportrait (1889)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait, Aged 21) 1889 Oil on canvas, 22.2 x 17.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Théodore Duret (1912)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Théodore Duret 1912 Oil on cardboard on wood, 95.2 x 74.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down onto a balding, bearded man with pale, peachy skin and wearing a three-piece suit, seated in a…

Vuillard au col blanc (1888)

Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Vuillard au col blanc (Self-portrait with White Collar) 1888 Oil on canvas, 39.5 x 31 cm Private collection This beautiful 1888 self-portrait of Edouard Vuillard is a prescient expression of the Nabi painter’s intimist talent that would…

Le Bain (1910)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Le Bain (Two mothers and their children in a boat) 1910 Oil on canvas, 99 x 129 cm Petit Palais, Paris