Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Calvaire et église de Nizon, près de Pont-Aven (Calvary and Church at Nizon, near Pont-Aven) c.1893 Oil on canvas, 39.4 cm x 47 cm High Museum of Art, Atlanta In 1879 Renoir spent the summer in the home of…
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…
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…
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…
Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Orphée (Orpheus) c.1910 Oil on cardboard, 57 x 55 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier This painting is one of the exceptional donations which, over the last ten years, have enriched the collections of the Fabre Museum. Considered by many to…
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)
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…
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Venise, le nuage rose, mouillage à la Giudecca (Venice, the pink cloud, anchorage at the Giudecca) 1909 Oil on canvas, 73 × 92 cm Albertina, Vienna In March 1908, Signac visited the lagoon city for the second time. The…