Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Bouquet printanier (Spring Bouquet) 1866 Oil on canvas, 104.8 x 80.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA For many French artists during the 1860s, the floral still life persisted as a test of pure painterly ability. This exuberant…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Chanteuse de Café / Chanteuse au Gant (Café Singer / Singer with a Glove) c.1878 Pastel on canvas, 53.2 x 41 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Because pastel paints can fade, this extraordinary work can be exhibited only…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) La chanteuse en vert (Singer in Green) c.1884 Pastel on light blue laid paper, 60.3 x 46.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A sale catalogue of 1898 evocatively described the performer pictured in this pastel: “Skinny…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute c.1835 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 122.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Turner drew on his considerable experience as a marine painter and the brilliance…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Whalers c.1845 Oil on canvas, 91.8 x 122.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Turner was seventy years old when Whalers debuted to mixed reviews at the Royal Academy exhibition of 1845. Its subject…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Green Wheat Fields, Auvers 1890 Oil on canvas, 72.39 x 91.44 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) is one of the most popular and universally recognized artists of all time. A remarkably…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Girl in White 1890 Oil on canvas, 66.7 x 45.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Shoes (F 461, JH 1569) 1888 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 55.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Van Gogh painted several still lifes of shoes or boots during his Paris period. This picture, painted…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Irises (F 680, JH 1978) 1890 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In May 1890, just before he checked himself out of the asylum at Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh painted…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Wheat Field with Cypresses (F 717, JH 1756) 1889 Oil on canvas 73.2 x 93.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cypresses gained ground in Van Gogh’s work by late June 1889 when he resolved…