Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) L’odalisque (Odalisque) 1870 Oil on canvas, 69.2 x 122.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman wearing a sheer white blouse, short red and gold vest, and full-legged, patterned pants cinched below the knee lies back…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Madame Charpentier et ses enfants (Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children) 1878 Oil on canvas, 153.7 x 190.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this commissioned portrait, as Marcel Proust observed, Renoir gave expression to…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Madame Colonna Romano (Portrait of Colonna Romano) s.d. Oil on canvas Musée Renoir, Cagnes-sur-Mer See also: • Colonna-Romano, Gabrielle (1888-1981)
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Woman on a Striped Sofa with a Dog 1876 Oil on wood panel, 41.9 x 33.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA After studying in the United States and traveling throughout Europe, Cassatt settled in Paris in 1874.…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Chez la modiste (At the Milliner’s) 1881 Pastel on paper, 69.2 x 69.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Two customers in nearly identical dresses—perhaps a mother and daughter or two sisters—are seen from behind in a…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Monsieur et Madame Édouard Manet 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 65 x 71 cm Kitakyushu Museum of Art, Kitakyushu Degas presented this portrait to his friends, Mr. and Mrs. Manet. Manet looks to be listening to the piano being…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La lecture (The Reading) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 61 x 73.2 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Koelin-Leenhoff, Léon | Manet, Suzanne
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) L’Atelier de la rue Condamine (Bazille’s Studio; 9 rue de la Condamine) 1870 Oil on canvas 98 x 128 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris L’Atelier de la rue Condamine: the figures The Rue Condamine today. Born into a notable family…