Tissot, James (1836-1902) Mauvaises nouvelles, la séparation (Bad News, The parting) 1872 Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 91.4 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Compare: Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le Thé 1872 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Tissot, James (1836-1902) Une histoire intéressante c.1872…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le Thé (Tea) 1872 Oil on wood, 66 x 47.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When Tissot moved to London in 1871, he immersed himself in the local scene, with work for Vanity Fair and genre…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Le Baiser dérobé (The Stolen Kiss) c.1760 Oil on canvas, 48.3 x 63.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A masterfully executed, incandescent glow highlights fitful hands and a kiss won in a card game. While Fragonard…
Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916) Le goûter (The tea in the afternoon) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 99.5 x 79 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Quivoron, Louise (1849-?)
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Portrait d’homme (Portrait of a Man) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 64.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York In this enigmatic painting, an unidentified man in modern bourgeois attire sits in a chair among cuts of meat. A…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) La soeur aînée, réduction (The Elder Sister, reduction) c.1864 Oil on panel, 55.6 x 45.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Signed lower right on chest: “W Bouguereau” This painting portrays a young woman dressed in garments that seem…
Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) Portrait de madame Paul Guillaume (Portrait of Madame Paul Guillaume) c.1928 Oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Femme au violon (Woman with Violin) 1921–1922 Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Pommes et biscuits (Apples and cookies) 1880 Oil on canvas, 45 x 55 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Femme cousant (Woman Sewing) c.1879 Oil on canvas, 65.405 x 54.61 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo One of the few female painters associated with Impressionism, Berthe Morisot created a niche for herself with instinctive paintings of domestic…