Tag: vase

Nature morte avec des pivoines (1884)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nature morte avec des pivoines (Still Life with Peonies) 1884 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 73 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington About a dozen ruby-red and bright pink peonies in a gold and green vase sit…

Irises (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Irises (F 680, JH 1978) 1890 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In May 1890, just before he checked himself out of the asylum at Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh painted…

Intérieur après diner (1868-1869)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Intérieur après dîner (Interior, after Dinner) 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 65.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In a darkened room, two women sit at a round table near a man who stands leaning against…

Bouquet de soleils dans un vase (1881)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Bouquet de soleils (Bouquet of Sunflowers) 1881 Oil on canvas, 101 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In November 1888, Van Gogh wrote: “Gauguin was telling me the other day—that he’d seen a painting by…

Virgen Niña (1632-1633)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Virgen Niña (The Young Virgin) c.1632–1633 Oil on canvas, 116.8 x 94 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York According to medieval legend, as a girl the Virgin Mary lived in the Temple in Jerusalem, where…

Nature morte aux fleurs et fruit (1866)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Nature morte aux fleurs et fruit (Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) 1866 Oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is one of four still lifes commissioned from the artist…

Coin de table (1872)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Coin de table (By the Table) 1872 Oil on canvas, 161 x 223.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Standing: 1. Pierre Elzéar (1849-1916) 2. Émile Blémont (1839-1927) 3. Jean Aicard (1848-1921) Seated: 4. Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) 5. Arthur…