Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Le Palais des Papes, Avignon, Soir (The Papal Palace, Avignon, Evening) 1909 Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 91.9 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Avignon (France)
Le Palais des Papes (1909)
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Une nourrice au Jardin du Luxembourg (c.1872)
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Une nourrice au Jardin du Luxembourg (A Nanny in the Luxembourg Gardens) c.1872 Oil on canvas, 65 x 92 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier The theme of childhood runs through all of Degas‘ work, from dancers to nurses. This slightly…
Venise, le nuage rose (1909)
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…
Madonna Garvagh (c.1510-1511)
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna Garvagh / Madonna Aldobrandini (Garvagh Madonna or Aldobrandini) c.1510–1511 Oil on wood, 38.9 × 32.9 cm National Gallery, London This is one of several small and medium-sized Madonnas made by Raphael in the years immediately following his arrival in…
Champ de coquelicots près de Vétheuil (c.1879)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Champ de coquelicots près de Vétheuil (Poppy field near Vétheuil) c.1879 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm Bührle Collection, Zürich See also: • Vétheuil (France)
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…
Pièce d’eau à Kew, Londres (1892)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Pièce d’eau à Kew, Londres (Ornamental Lake at Kew Gardens, London) 1892 Oil on canvas, 46 cm x 54.9 cm High Museum of Art, Atlanta Like other French artists, Camille Pissarro moved his family to London at the outbreak…
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…
La Plaine d’Auvers (1890)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Plaine d’Auvers / Champs de Blé près d’Auvers (The Plain of Auvers / Wheat Fields near Auvers) 1890 Oil on canvas, 50 × 101 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna A blue-green sky, like after a rain, descends…
La Conversation, Louveciennes (1870)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La Conversation, Louveciennes (The Conversation, Louveciennes) 1870 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Bührle Collection, Zürich See also: • Louveciennes (France)