Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nature morte aux fleurs et aux fruits (Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) c.1889 Oil on canvas, 99.7 × 140.3 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Irises (F 608, JH 1691) 1889 Oil on canvas, 74.3 × 94.3 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles In May 1889, after episodes of self-mutilation and hospitalization, Vincent van Gogh chose to enter an asylum in Saint-Rémy, France. There,…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Nature morte aux pêches et aux raisins (Still Life with Peaches and Grapes) 1896 Oil on canvas, 29 × 42 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Service à thé (Still Life, Tea Service) 1872 Oil on canvas, 53.34 × 72.71 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Although he is primarily known for his landscapes, Claude Monet was also a prodigious still-life painter, especially during…
Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Journal et compotier (Newspaper and fruit bowl) 1917 Oil on cradled panel, 27 x 35 cm Private collection Juan Gris‘s still-life from 1917, Journal et compotier, captures the exuberance of the artist’s Synthetic cubist style. Following the muted…
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Fleurs de printemps, La Cruche aux fleurs de printemps (Spring Flowers, The Jug of Spring Flowers) 1930 Oil on canvas, 72 x 60.6 cm Private collection Executed in 1930 during Chagall’s transformative second period in France, Fleurs de…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette (Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret) 1886 Oil on canvas, 32.3 x 24.8 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0212-JH0999 This skeleton with a burning cigarette is a student-like joke. Van…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Nature morte aux pivoines blanches et autres fleurs (Still Life with White Peonies and Other Flowers) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 35.5 x 26.5 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam Manet played an important role in the transition from realism…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Bouquet de chrysanthèmes (Bouquet of Chrysanthemums) c.1884 Oil on canvas, 81.5 x 65.5 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen The date of this superb work has been determined at around 1884, about the same time as the famous Dance at…