Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) L’Homme à femmes (The Ladies’ Man) 1890 Oil on panel, 25 x 16 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This small oil painting was a study for the cover of L’homme à femmes, a satirical novel by Victor Joze published…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Leçon de musique (The Music Lesson) 1917 Oil on canvas, 245.1 x 210.8 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse set this portrait of his wife, daughter, and two sons in the living room of the family home in…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-Portrait (F 345, JH 1249) 1887 Oil on board on panel, 41 × 32.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In 1886 Vincent van Gogh left his native Holland and settled in Paris, where his beloved brother…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Asensio Julià (Portrait of Asensio Julià, painter and disciple of Goya) 1814 Oil on canvas, 73 x 57.8 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown See also: • Julià, Asensio (1753-1832)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’Henri Rochefort (Portrait of Henri Rochefort) 1881 Oil on canvas, 81.5 x 66.5 cm Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg See also: • Rochefort, Victor Henri (1831-1913)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Georges Clemenceau 1879–1880 Oil on canvas, 94 x 73.8 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Georges Clemenceau 1879–1880 Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth See also: • Clemenceau, Georges (1841-1929)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Georges Clemenceau (Portrait of Georges Clemenceau) 1879–1880 Oil on canvas, 115.9 x 88.2 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Shortly after he became prime minister of France in 1906, Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929) ordered Manet’s controversial painting…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La partie de croquet (The Croquet Party) 1871 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 73 cm Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Partie de Croquet 1873 Städel Museum, Frankfurt
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Partie de Croquet (A Game of Croquet) 1873 Oil on canvas, 72 x 106 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt To the countryside! In 1873, the Frenchman Edouard Manet painted en plein air with its natural light for the…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Portrait de Verlaine (Portrait of Verlaine) 1867 Oil on canvas, 57.2 x 45.1 cm Private collection A false signature Gustave Courbet covered the real Frédéric Bazille. Signed F. Bazille, dated 1867 and dedicated “à mon cher ami le…