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La Maison de La Crau (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Maison de La Crau (The Old Mill) (F 550, JH 1577) 1888 Oil on canvas, 64.77 x 53.975 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In February 1888, Vincent van Gogh left the cold, dreary winter in…

Portrait of the Artist’s Mother (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, Anna van Gogh (F 477, JH 1600) 1888 Oil on canvas, 40.6 x 32.4 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena In September 1888, Van Gogh, living in the south of France, received from…

Le Chemin de fer (1873)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Chemin de fer (The Railway, Gare Saint-Lazare) 1873 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 111.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Gare Saint-Lazare, in 1873 the largest and busiest train station in Paris, is unseen in this painting.…

The Wedding Dance (1566)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Wedding Dance 1566 Oil on panel, 119.4 x 157.5 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit The Wedding Dance is a splendid example of Bruegel‘s fascination with the peasant life of his native land. Public and…

Parable of the Sower (1557)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Parable of the Sower 1557 Oil on wood panel, 73.7 × 102.9 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Pieter Bruegel the Elder took pleasure in burying the lead. Many of his mature works had lofty,…

Timken Museum of Art (San Diego)

Founded: 1965 Address: 1500 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101, United States Website: https://www.timkenmuseum.org/ Collection: • Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): Parable of the Sower (1557) • Corot, Camille (1796-1875): Vue de Volterra (1838) • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Le…

San Diego, CA (USA)

Museums: • San Diego Museum of Art: 1450 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92102 • Timken Museum of Art: 1500 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, California 92101 Births: • Diaz, Cameron (1972) • Duvall, Robert (1931) • Mann, Anthony (1906-1967) • O’Brien, Margaret (1937)…

The Harvesters (1565)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Harvesters (August-September) 1565 Oil on wood, 119 x 162 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this work, the viewer is transported to a hot summer day in the Netherlands. It belongs to a…

New Orleans, LA (USA)

Museums: • New Orleans Museum of Art: 1 Collins Diboll Cir, New Orleans, LA 70124, United States New Orleans in Art: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Un Bureau de coton à La Nouvelle-Orléans 1873 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Pau     Births: • Armstrong, Louis (1901-1971)…