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L’Annonciation (1890)

Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) L’Annonciation (The Annunciation) 1890 Oil on canvas, 34.9 x 47 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen Between 1888 and 1891, Émile Bernard together with Gauguin was the creator of Synthetism, the tendency that marked a historical turn…

Baigneuses (1889)

Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Baigneuses (Women Bathing) 1889 Oil on canvas, 47 x 57.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen In 1887, working in collaboration with his friend Louis Anquetin, Émile Bernard created a painting style based on flat colours enclosed…

Intérieur à Pont-Aven (1887)

Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Intérieur à Pont-Aven (Inside a Shop in Pont-Aven) 1887 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 55.3 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen For the young Émile Bernard, aged nineteen, 1887 was a year of achievements. Bernard and his…

Fantin-Latour drawing (1859)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Fantin-Latour drawing 1859 Black chalk and graphite on paper, 24.5 x 15.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Inscription, in pencil, top right: ‘Fantin au lit/ la poursuite/ de ses études dans les difficultés, 14° froid, le 20…

The Old Palace in Brussels (1670)

Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) The Old Palace in Brussels (Coudenberg Palace) 1670 Oil on wood, 50 x 62.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Former palace of the Dukes of Brabant in the Middle Ages (and of the Dukes of Burgundy,…

Danse à la ville (1883)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Danse à la ville (Dance in the city) 1883 Oil on canvas, 179.7 x 89.1 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Renoir was fond of dance scenes. These two paintings were designed as pendants: they are of the same format…

Danse à la campagne (1883)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Danse à la campagne (Dance in the countryside) 1883 Oil on canvas, 180.3 x 90 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Renoir was fond of dance scenes. These two paintings were designed as pendants: they are of the same format and…

La Danse à la campagne (c.1883)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Danse à la campagne (Dance in the countryside) c.1883 Black pencil on paper, 24.5 x 12.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Signed lower left: ‘Renoir’. This is a study for the large painting at MM. Durand-Ruel, engraved…

La Carmencita (c.1890)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) La Carmencita c.1890 Drawing, 34.6 x 22.6 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris After the painting ‘La Carmencita‘ exhibited by the artist at the Salon of 1890. Donated by the artist to the Luxembourg Museum in 1892, entered…