Tag: still life

Le héron aux ailes déployées (1867)

Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Le héron aux ailes déployées (The Heron with Outstretched Wings) 1867 Oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Deposit of the Jeu de Paume museum, 1979 (inv. D79.1.5) Compare: Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Nature morte au héron 1867…

Trophée de chasse (1862)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Trophée de chasse (Hunting Trophy) 1862 Oil on canvas, 104 x 75 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Work recovered by the Allies in 1945, MNR 213; Deposited by the Musée d’Orsay, 2006. Monet seems to have had a particular liking…

Still life with five bottles (1884)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Still life with five bottles 1884 Oil on canvas, 49.5 × 57.4 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna The still life, which is limited to a few objects, is an impressive example of Vincent van Gogh‘s early paintings. We…

Roses (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Roses 1890 Oil on canvas, 93 x 74 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York On the eve of his departure from the asylum in Saint-Rémy in May 1890, Van Gogh painted an exceptional group of four still…

Caballo, pipa y flor roja (1920)

Miró, Joan (1893-1983) Caballo, pipa y flor roja (Horse, Pipe, and Red Flower) 1920 Oil on canvas, 82.6 x 74.9 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Miró painted this work at his home in the Spanish village of Montroig shortly after his first…

Flowers in an Jug (c.1485)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Flowers in an Jug (verso) c.1485 Oil on panel, 29.2 x 22.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Recto: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Portrait of a Young Man praying c.1485 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid     Hans Memling was a leading painter of the second half…

Tulipes (1927)

Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Tulipes (Tulips) 1927 Oil on canvas, The color mixed with sand, 55 x 41 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen