Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Femmes de Tahiti, ou Sur la plage (Tahitian Women on the Beach) 1891 Oil on canvas, 69 x 91.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris In 1891, Gauguin went to Tahiti, an island he imagined to be a primitive paradise. The…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Christ jaune (The Yellow Christ) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92.07 x 73.34 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo The Symbolists, who emerged during the 1880s, were weary of modern society and sought escape from reality. They began to…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Van Gogh peignant des tournesols (Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers) 1888 Oil on canvas, 73 x 91 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Was Van Gogh really painting a vase of sunflowers when his friend Gauguin produced this portrait of him?…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Shoes (F 255, JH 1124) 1886 Oil on canvas, 38.1 cm x 45.3 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Worn-out shoes were an unusual choice of subject for a painting. An acquaintance of Van Gogh‘s in Paris described how…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Déjeuner au bord de la rivière (Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise, The Rowers’ Lunch) 1875 Oil on canvas, canvas 55.1 x 65.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Chatou (France) | Restaurant Fournaise (Chatou)
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Le jour des morts (All Saints’ Day) 1859 Oil on canvas, 147 x 120 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux William Bouguereau presented at the Salon of 1859 Wounded Love, The Portrait of Madame Duret, painted in 1857, as well…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841–1919) La Parisienne (La Dame en Bleu, The Blue Lady) 1874 Oil on canvas, 163.2 x 108.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • Henriot, Henriette (1857-1944)
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Dido building Carthage 1815 Oil on canvas, 155.5 x 230 cm National Gallery, London Turner’s painting is based on the English seventeenth-century author and poet John Dryden’s translation of the Aeneid, the monumental Latin poem written by…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Les lauriers roses (The Terrace at Méric) 1867 Oil on canvas, 55.2 x 91.4 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati See also: • Castelnau-le-Lez (France) | Des Hours, Thérèse
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Fleurs (Flowers) 1868 Oil on canvas, 130 x 97 cm Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble Coming from a large Protestant family in Montpellier, Frédéric Bazille was destined for a career as a doctor. However, in 1862 he entered Gleyre’s studio…