Tag: walking

Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris (1888)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris 1888 Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 54.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Two plumes of white steam rise from an unseen boat on the river Seine, signs of modern life juxtaposed with the…

Notre-Dame, une fin d’après-midi (1902)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Notre-Dame, une fin d’après-midi (A Glimpse of Notre Dame in the Late Afternoon) 1902 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 72.39 x 54.61 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo A Glimpse of Notre Dame in the Late Afternoon…

Jane Avril quittant le Moulin Rouge (1893)

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…

Le Jardin de Daubigny (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Le Jardin de Daubigny (Daubigny’s Garden) 1890 Oil on canvas, 56 x 101.5 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel Compare: Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Le Jardin de Daubigny 1890 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam     Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Le Jardin…

Rue de village, Chailly (1865)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Rue de village, Chailly (Village Street, Chailly) 1865 Oil on canvas 32.5 х 24.5 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier This 1865 painting created in the Chailly forest is one of the first testimonies to Frédéric Bazille‘s interest in landscape.…

Fifth Avenue at Washington Square, New York (1891)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Fifth Avenue at Washington Square, New York 1891 Oil on canvas, 56 x 40.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection Following his return from Paris in 1889, Hassam lived at 95 Fifth Avenue, a few steps from…

La Promenade (1875-1876)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Promenade (The Walk) 1875–1876 Oil on canvas, 170.2 x 108.3 cm The Frick Collection, New York A young woman shepherds a pair of identically dressed little sisters along the path of a well-maintained public park. All three…

Le Pont Neuf (1871)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Pont Neuf (The Pont Neuf) 1871 Oil on canvas, 53.34 × 73.03 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Claude Monet returned to Paris in the fall of 1871 after more than a year of exile in…