Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Fleurs dans un vase (Flowers in a Vase) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 65.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A loose arrangement of colorful wildflowers bursting out of a red clay jug sits near the…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nature morte aux pommes et aux amandes (Still Life with Apples and Almonds) s.d. Oil on canvas Musée Renoir, Cagnes-sur-Mer
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nature morte avec pêches et raisins (Still Life with Peaches and Grapes) 1881 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Renoir spent part of the summer of 1881 at the country home…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nature morte avec fleurs et figues de Barbarie (Still Life with Flowers and Prickly Pears) c.1885 Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 59.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This picture is closely related to Still Life:…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nature morte aux pêches (Still Life with Peaches) 1881 Oil on canvas, 53.3 x 64.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Reviewers of the 1882 Impressionist exhibition were dazzled by this “very appealing” still life of…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Bouquet de chrysanthèmes (Bouquet of Chrysanthemums) 1881 Oil on canvas, 66 x 55.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Renoir felt that he had greater freedom to experiment in still lifes than in figure paintings. “When…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Slaughtered Ox 1655 Oil on panel, 94 x 69 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Painting of exceptional success in the work of the master, especially since other representations of this type, known under the name of Rembrandt,…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Still Life with Peacocks c.1639 Oil on canvas, 145 x 135.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam In Rembrandt’s time, peacocks were eaten by the well-to-do: the meat was incorporated into meat pies, among other dishes. Immediately after being killed, the…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Nature morte (Still Life) c.1938–1943 Oil on canvas, 88.5 x 145.8 cm Tate Britain, London In his work of this period Derain explored the traditions of past art. The unusual size and monumental quality of this painting can…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Nature morte au crâne (Still Life with a Skull) 1912 Oil on canvas, 72 x 119 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg