Tag: ship

Marseille, porte de l’Orient (c.1868-1869)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Marseille, porte de l’Orient (Marseilles, Gateway to the Orient) c.1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 98.42 x 146.36 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington See also: • Marseille (France)

Mauvaises nouvelles, la séparation (1872)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Mauvaises nouvelles, la séparation (Bad News, The parting) 1872 Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 91.4 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Compare: Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le Thé 1872 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Tissot, James (1836-1902) Une histoire intéressante c.1872…

Le Thé (1872)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le Thé (Tea) 1872 Oil on wood, 66 x 47.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When Tissot moved to London in 1871, he immersed himself in the local scene, with work for Vanity Fair and genre…

Le Havre, Le Port (1884)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Le Havre, Le Port (Le Havre, The Port) 1884 Oil on panel, 32.4 x 41.1 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York For Boudin, the sky—with its constant cloud motion and ever-changing light—proved a powerful source of inspiration throughout his…

Le Port du Havre (1892)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Le Port du Havre (The port of Le Havre) 1892 Oil on wood panel, 32.1 × 40.7 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne See also: • Le Havre (France)

Il Bacino di San Marco dalla Piazzetta (c.1735)

Canaletto (1697-1768) Il Bacino di San Marco dalla Piazzetta (The Bacino di San Marco, from the Piazzetta) c.1735 Oil on canvas, 48.8 × 81.8 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Compare: Canaletto (1697-1768) Bacino di San Marco dalla Piazzetta c.1750 National…

La conquista del filosofo (1913-1914)

De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) La conquista del filosofo (The Philosopher’s Conquest) 1913–1914 Oil on canvas, 125.1 × 99.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The work of Giorgio de Chirico represents an unexpected form of classicism in early avant-garde painting. This…

Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water (1872)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water 1872 Oil on canvas, 51 × 76.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In the early 1870s James McNeill Whistler took a radical step toward abstraction with his Nocturnes series. In…

Une histoire intéressante (c.1872)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Une histoire intéressante (An interesting story) c.1872 Oil on canvas, 59.7 × 76.6 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Compare: Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le Thé 1872 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Tissot, James (1836-1902) Mauvaises nouvelles,…

Le pont du navire (c.1860)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le pont du navire (The ship’s deck) c.1860 Oil on canvas on wood panel, 56.4 × 47 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne