Tag: shadow

Augustine Roulin (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Augustine Roulin 1888 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Oskar Reinhart Collection ‘Am Römerholz’, Winterthur Compare: Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Madame Roulin 1888 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis     See also: • Arles (France) | Roulin, Augustine (1851-1930)

Madame Roulin (1888)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Madame Roulin 1888 Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 63.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Paul Gauguin produced this portrait during a tempestuous two months spent in the company of Vincent van Gogh at Arles in the south…

Head of a Peasant Woman (1884)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Head of a Peasant Woman 1884 Oil on canvas, 43.8 x 34.6 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Vincent van Gogh always felt deep sympathy for the peasant classes and here tenderly depicted the full, sunburnt features…

Nature morte, panier de pommes (1887)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Nature morte, panier de pommes (Still Life, Basket of Apples) 1887 Oil on canvas, 46.7 x 55.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis The bounty of nature is suggested in this view of 10 apples in a…

San Pablo (1598-1600)

El Greco (1541-1614) San Pablo (St. Paul) 1598–1600 Oil on canvas, 69.9 x 55.9 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Distinguished by his sword, the Christian apostle Paul holds a folded paper between the tips of his fingers. Its Greek…

La Paix (1860)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) La Paix (Peace) 1860 Oil on canvas, 85.1 x 107.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Two children embrace each other within a pastoral setting in this idyllic view. Adolphe-William Bouguereau, the prominent academic painter, showed “Peace”…

Vue de Bazincourt (1889)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Vue de Bazincourt (View of Bazincourt) 1889 Watercolor on cotton mounted to pulpboard, 20.5 x 25.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York SIGNATURE: Signed and dated lower center: “C. Pissarro. 1889.” INSCRIPTIONS: Inscribed lower left: “A mon cher Fred. Souvenir…

Le clocher de Bazincourt (1885)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le clocher de Bazincourt (The Bell Tower of Bazincourt) 1885 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 53.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis See also: • Bazincourt-sur-Epte (France)

View in Suffolk (c.1755)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) View in Suffolk c.1755 Oil on canvas, 95.9 x 125.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis The sun-drenched river bank, an amorous couple, and a leisurely rider offer a variety of details that create an idyllic setting. This…

San Francisco contemplando una calavera (c.1635)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco contemplando una calavera (St. Francis Contemplating a Skull) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 30.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis St. Francis of Assisi was a 13th-century Christian friar and preacher famous for…