Tag: Wales

San Giorgio Maggiore, crépuscule (1908)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) San Giorgio Maggiore, crépuscule (San Giorgio Maggiore, Twilight) 1908 Oil on canvas, 65.2 x 92.4 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff A view of the monastery island of San Giorgio, painted from the south-eastern end of Venice. On the right…

San Giorgio Maggiore (1908)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) San Giorgio Maggiore 1908 Oil on canvas, 59.2 x 81.2 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Between October and December 1908, Monet and his wife Alice visited Venice, where they stayed on the Grand Canal. This composition depicts the…

La famille paysanne (1871-1872)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) La famille paysanne (The peasant family) 1871–1872 Oil on canvas, 110.4 x 81 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff The British painter Sickert commented: ‘The sublime man and his stolid spouse face the spectator with all the gravity and symmetry…

La fille aux oies à Gruchy (1854-1856)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) La fille aux oies à Gruchy (The goose girl at Gruchy) 1854–1856 Oil on canvas, 33 x 24.8 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • Gruchy, Gréville-Hague (France)

Les étoiles filantes (1847-1849)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Les étoiles filantes (The shooting stars) 1847–1849 Oil on board, 18.7 x 34.5 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff This purely imaginary subject is unusual among Millet’s works. It refers to Dante‘s ‘Inferno‘ which in one section describes the…