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Le Bon Bock (1873)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Bon Bock (The Good Bock) 1873 Oil on canvas, 94.6 × 83.3 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Bock is a dark, rich beer made in the spring. This vivid depiction of a drinker recalls the animated portraits by…

Arlequin (1917)

Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Arlequin (Harlequin) 1917 Carved and painted plaster, 54 x 33 x 25.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia This standing figure is the only sculpture that Juan Gris ever made. The polychrome sculpture is balanced on a protruding wedge-shaped slab…

Vue du pont Clichy à Asnières (c.1900-1902)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Vue du pont Clichy à Asnières (View of Clichy Bridge at Asnières) 1900–1902 Oil on canvas, 44 × 40 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This colorful landscape is a study for a larger work that depicts vehicles for flight, including…

La Seine à Argenteuil (1888)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Seine à Argenteuil (The Seine at Argenteuil) 1888 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia In 1888, Renoir spent a leisurely as well as productive summer at the home of the impressionist artist and patron…

Camille au métier (1875)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Camille au métier (Madame Monet Embroidering) 1875 Oil on canvas, 65.5 × 56 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Though Monet preferred painting in the open air, for this work he brought his easel indoors to capture his first wife, Camille…

Fille avec chien (1873)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Fille avec chien (Girl with Dog) 1873 Oil on canvas, 55.2 x 45.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Painted a year before the first impressionist exhibition in Paris, this canvas has all the characteristics that would become associated with the…

Cyprès et maisons à Cagnes (1919)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Cyprès et maisons à Cagnes (Cypresses and Houses at Cagnes) 1919 Oil on canvas, 61 x 46 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia See also: • Cagnes-sur-Mer (France)

Les Joueuses de dominos (1921)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Les Joueuses de dominos (Domino Players) 1921 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Painted during Matisse‘s fourth sojourn in Nice, this scene captures an easy afternoon of games, with the artist’s daughter, Marguerite, on the…