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L’odalisque (1870)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) L’odalisque (Odalisque) 1870 Oil on canvas, 69.2 x 122.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman wearing a sheer white blouse, short red and gold vest, and full-legged, patterned pants cinched below the knee lies back…

Enfant aux jouets, Gabrielle et Jean (1895-1896)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Enfant aux jouets, Gabrielle et Jean (Child with Toys, Gabrielle and the Artist’s Son, Jean) 1895–1896 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 65.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from about the waist up, a woman with…

Fleurs dans un vase (c.1866)

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…

Claude Monet, Le Liseur (1872)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Claude Monet, Le Liseur (The Reader) 1872 Oil on canvas, 65 x 50 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Claude Monet lisant c.1873 Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris     See also: • Monet, Claude (1840-1926)

Madame Charpentier et ses enfants (1878)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Madame Charpentier et ses enfants (Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children) 1878 Oil on canvas, 153.7 x 190.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this commissioned portrait, as Marcel Proust observed, Renoir gave expression to…

Coco lisant (1905)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Coco lisant (Coco Reading) 1905 Oil on canvas Musée Renoir, Cagnes-sur-Mer See also: • Renoir, Claude (1901-1969)

Portrait of an Old Man (1665)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of an Old Man 1665 Oil on canvas, 104 x 86 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Signed and dated in 1665, this portrait was created towards the end of Rembrandt‘s prolific artistic career, much of which was…

Artist in his Studio (c.1628)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Artist in his Studio c.1628 Oil on panel, 24.8 x 31.7 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston A young artist stands in a nearly empty studio, brushes in hand. Rather than showing the artist in the act of…