Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Paysage au tombeau (Landscape with a Tomb) c.1818 Oil on canvas, 250 x 220 cm Petit Palais, Paris Shortly after failing to win the Prix de Rome, Géricault set off for Italy in October 1816. No sooner had…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Les Demoiselles des bords de la Seine, été (Young Women of the banks of the Seine, summer) 1857 Oil on canvas, 174 x 206 cm Petit Palais, Paris
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La sieste pendant la saison des foins (The siesta during the hay season) 1868 Oil on canvas, 212 x 273 cm Petit Palais, Paris
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Pont Royal et le Pavillon de Flore (The Pont Royal and the Pavillon de Flore) 1903 Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 65 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Paris (France)
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Betrayal of Christ c.1618–1620 Oil on canvas, 141.92 x 113.3 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Looser and less formal than the portraits that made him famous, this work was completed shortly before Van Dyck began…
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Villa sul mare (Villa by the Sea) 1929 Color lithograph, 32.7 x 41.28 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Paysage près de Crémieu (Landscape near Crémieu) c.1849 Oil on canvas, 62.87 x 90.81 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis See also: • Crémieu (France)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Vergers à Louveciennes (Orchards at Louveciennes) 1872 Oil on canvas, 45.72 x 54.61 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Among the many highlights of Bruce Dayton’s generous 2016 bequest is this painting by Camille Pissarro, the French…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Oliviers (Olive Trees) 1889 Oil on canvas, 73.66 x 92.71 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis This is one of fifteen canvases of olive trees that van Gogh executed between June and December of 1889. Earlier…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Paysage tahitien (Tahitian Landscape) 1891 Oil on canvas, 67.95 x 92.39 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Paul Gauguin went to Tahiti in 1891 in search of new, exotic motifs, but also to escape European civilization, which he felt…