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Vétheuil en été (1879)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vétheuil en été (Vétheuil in Summer) 1879 Oil on canvas, 67.7 x 90.5 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vétheuil 1879 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne     See also: • Vétheuil (France)

Effet d’automne à Argenteuil (1873)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Effet d’automne à Argenteuil (Autumn Effect at Argenteuil) 1873 Oil on canvas, 55 x 74.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Claude Monet lived in Argenteuil, a suburb of Paris, from 1871 to 1878. It was an affordable…

La conquista del filosofo (1913-1914)

De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) La conquista del filosofo (The Philosopher’s Conquest) 1913–1914 Oil on canvas, 125.1 × 99.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The work of Giorgio de Chirico represents an unexpected form of classicism in early avant-garde painting. This…

Le Palais des Papes à Avignon (1836)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Le Palais des Papes à Avignon (The Palace of the Popes in Avignon) 1836 Oil on paper pasted on canvas, 29 x 22 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo See also: • Avignon (France)

Le Pont de Waterloo (1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Le Pont de Waterloo (Waterloo Bridge) 1906 Oil on canvas, 80.5 x 101 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©André Derain, VEGAP, Madrid Waterloo Bridge is one of the series of canvases Derain painted in London for the art dealer…

L’église de Chatou (1909)

Derain, André (1880-1954) L’église de Chatou (The Church of Chatou) 1909 Oil on panel, 33 x 35 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©André Derain, VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection In the first years of the 20th century, André Derain and his friend…

La maison grise (1917)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La maison grise (The Grey House) 1917 Oil on canvas, 68 x 74 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The Grey House is one of a series of canvases painted by Chagall in his native city, Vitebsk, during the First…

La tour rouge (1913)

De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) La tour rouge (The Red Tower) 1913 Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 100.5 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Giorgio de Chirico’s enigmatic works of 1911 to 1917 provided a crucial inspiration for the Surrealist painters. The dreamlike…

La jetée à Cassis (1889)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) La jetée à Cassis (The Jetty at Cassis) 1889 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 65.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Between 1887 and 1891, Signac spent the warmer months pursuing his two passions, marine painting and…

Collioure, le clocher (1887)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Collioure, le clocher, Opus 164 (Collioure, the Belltower, Opus 164) 1887 Oil on canvas, 33 x 46 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Autodidact Paul Signac actually wanted to be a writer, but after seeing the impressionist paintings of Claude…