Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La plage de Berck (The Beach at Berck) 1873 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 72.4 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford See also: • Berck (France)
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La plage de Trouville (The Beach at Trouville) 1863 Oil on panel, 25.4 x 46.4 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford See also: • Trouville-sur-Mer (France)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La plage de Trouville (The Beach at Trouville) 1870 Oil on canvas, 54 x 64.8 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Monet spent the summer of 1870 at Trouville, the popular French resort along the English Channel. This…
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) L’Europe après la pluie (Europe after the Rain II) 1940–1942 Oil on canvas, 54.8 × 147.8 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Ernst began this work in occupied France during World War II. He finished it in New York…
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) La nuit (The Night) s.d. Oil on canvas, 61 × 46 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford The Night (Act 2, Scene 4: Balcony Scene) from “Romeo and Juliet“. See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Gala Éluard 1924 Oil on canvas, 81.3 × 65.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This evocative portrait reveals the deeply intertwined personal and artistic lives of members of the Surrealist circle and depicts the movement’s fascination…
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Self-Portrait 1911 Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, 51.4 x 34.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Egon Schiele‘s career was short, intense, and amazingly productive. Before succumbing to influenza in 1918 at the age of twenty-eight,…