Tag: Wales

Pluie, Auvers (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Pluie, Auvers (Rain, Auvers) 1890 Oil on canvas, 50.3 x 100.2 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff The atmosphere recalls one of Van Gogh‘s favourite poems, Longfellow‘s ‘The Rainy Day’: ‘My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;…

Rue de village (c.1917)

Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Rue de village (Village street) c.1917 Oil on canvas, 53 x 76.6 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff This view of around 1917 depicts the suburb of Sannois in the north-west of Paris, an area which the artist painted repeatedly…

The morning after the storm (c.1840-1845)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The morning after the storm c.1840–1845 Oil on canvas, 32.6 x 54.4 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff This seascape of 1840–45 and its companion picture, ‘The Storm‘, were apparently inspired by the great storm of 21…

Deux prostituées (c.1885)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Deux prostituées (Two Prostitutes) c.1885 Pencil and watercolour on card, 47.6 x 27.5 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff

St. Tropez (1918)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) St. Tropez 1918 Watercolour and charcoal on paper, 27.1 x 40.7 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • Saint-Tropez (France)

Aeneas in the underworld (s.d.)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Aeneas in the underworld s.d. Oil on oak panel, 47 x 32 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • The Aeneid (English) | Virgil (70 BC-19 BC)

Tête de Victor Hugo (c.1883)

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Tête de Victor Hugo (Head of Victor Hugo) c.1883 Bronze, 32 x 20 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • Hugo, Victor (1802-1885)