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) Le baiser dans la nuit (The Kiss in the Night) 1927 Oil on canvas, 130.2 × 162.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) San Sebastiano curato da Irene (Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene and Her Companions) c.1660 Oil on canvas, 151.1 x 199.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Il gusto (The Sense of Taste) c.1614–1616 Oil on canvas, 113.8 x 88.3 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This jolly, somewhat ragged figure is an embodiment of the sense of taste, and perhaps also an allusion to the sin…
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Jane Avril quittant le Moulin Rouge (Jane Avril leaving the Moulin Rouge) 1893 Essence on board, 85.7 x 69.9 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was fascinated with a rapidly changing Paris as well as those…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Estasi di San Francesco (Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy) c.1595–1596 Oil on canvas, 94 x 129.5 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Caravaggio revolutionized the painting of his era through a theatrical use of light, dramatic narrative, and the naturalistic…
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