Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Personnages dans un intérieur: L’intimité (Figures in an Interior: Intimacy) 1896 Glue-based paint on canvas Petit Palais, Paris Intimacy is one of four panels painted by Vuillard for the apartment of Doctor Henri Vaquez (1860-1936) in Paris. This cardiologist,…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le Sommeil (The Sleep) 1866 Oil on canvas, 135 x 200 cm Petit Palais, Paris
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Jardinière des Titans (The “Titans” Jardinière) c.1877 Earthenware, 22 x 36 cm Petit Palais, Paris The Titans Jardinière consists of a plinth decorated with four masculine figures on which sits a vase decorated with lizards and leaves. The…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Nature morte aux dahlias, zinnias, roses trémières et pruniers (Still Life with Dahlias, Zinnias, Hollyhocks and Plums) c.1835 Oil on canvas, 55.09 x 65.56 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Today, Eugène Delacroix is often discussed as a painter…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Roses 1884 Oil on canvas, 38.4 x 32.9 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Le réveil (Awakening) c.1877–1878 Oil on canvas, 81.10 x 100.10 cm Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen Study: Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Le sommeil c.1877–1878 Private collection
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La cage (The Cage) 1885 Oil on canvas, 50.48 x 38.1 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington Painted in 1885, The Cage typifies Berthe Morisot’s mature style, pushing the boundaries of Impressionism. About 1880, Morisot,…
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Etruscan Vase Painters 1871 Oil on panel, 40.6 X 27.4 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Bouquet dans un vase (Bouquet in a Vase) 1928 Oil on canvas, 60.96 × 46.03 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Fêtes Vénitiennes (Venetian Festivals) 1718–1719 Oil on canvas, 56.3 × 46.2 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh This is a very fine example of the ‘fêtes galantes’ perfected by Watteau. He included himself as the seated musician playing a musette.…