Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Victor Chocquet assis (Victor Chocquet Seated) c.1877 Oil on canvas, 45.7 × 38.1 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus See also: • Chocquet, Victor (1821-1891)
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Victor Chocquet c.1877 Oil on canvas, 35.24 x 27.31 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond Early in his artistic career, Cézanne became associated with painters including Pissarro, Monet, Renoir, and Degas. He learned the theories and techniques of…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Victor Chocquet c.1875 Oil on canvas, 53.02 x 43.5 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA An employee at the Ministry of Finance, Victor Chocquet (1821–1891) met Degas in 1875, and by the second impressionist exhibition, in 1876, had…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Baigneuse assise (Seated Bather) c.1883–1884 Oil on canvas, 119.7 x 93 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Following a trip to Italy in 1881–82 to study the masterpieces of ancient Roman and Renaissance painting, Renoir embarked on one…
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…