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Jean Monet (1880)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean Monet 1880 Oil on canvas, 46 x 37 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris See also: • Monet, Jean (1867-1914)

Sketch of The Knight with the Falcon (1659-1661)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Sketch of The Knight with the Falcon, known as the “Crusader” 1659–1661 Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 55.5 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Surrounded by darkness, a face brightens up to meet the viewer. The eyes hold us tight.…

Fille assise sous un arbre (c.1893-1894)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Fille assise sous un arbre (A girl seated under a tree) c.1893–1894 Watercolor on paper, 23.3 x 36.1 cm British Museum, London Compare: Manet, Julie (1878-1966) Femme assise au Bois de Boulogne 1893–1894 British Museum, London     The watercolour…

La Première Sortie (1876-1877)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Première Sortie (At the Theatre) 1876–1877 Oil on canvas, 65 × 49.5 cm National Gallery, London We seem to be sitting in a box at the theatre, which we share with two young women. But we can’t be…

La plage de Trouville (1870)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La plage de Trouville (The Beach at Trouville) 1870 Oil on canvas, 38 × 46.5 cm National Gallery, London Monet’s earlier paintings of the Normandy coast had emphasised it as a working seascape, peopled with fishermen who had to…

La tempête (c.1931)

Magritte, René (1898-1967) La tempête (The Tempest) c.1931 Oil on canvas, 49.5 x 65.4 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Magritte sought to create what he called “poetic paintings.” Here he balanced solid and void, light and dark, and hard and soft to create…

Femme au vase (1924)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Femme au vase (Woman with vase) 1924 Oil on canvas, 92 x 65 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen A woman with a red vase in her arms is depicted strictly frontally and with a linear precision that…