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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 Edouard Manet offers an intriguing study in contrasts and ambiguity in The Railway, starting with the relationship between…

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 (1931-2026) • 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)…