Tag: water

Matinée sur la Seine (1896)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Matinée sur la Seine (Morning on the Seine) 1896 Oil on canvas, 89.2 x 92.4 cm Private collection “When you go out to paint try to forget what objects you have before you, a tree, a house, a…

Quai de Clichy, Temps gris (1887)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Quai de Clichy, Temps gris (Quai de Clichy, Grey Weather) 1887 Oil on canvas, 46 x 65.5 cm Private collection Painted in the spring of 1887, Quai de Clichy. Temps gris shows Signac at the height of his…

La Yole (1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Yole (The Skiff) 1875 Oil on canvas, 71 × 92 cm National Gallery, London We are probably looking at the river Seine near Chatou (some ten miles west of central Paris), although the exact site has not been…

Vue de Bordighera (1884)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vue de Bordighera (View of Bordighera) 1884 Oil on canvas, 66 x 81.8 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Bordighera 1884 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago     See also: • Bordighera (Italia)

Bordighera (1884)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Bordighera 1884 Oil on canvas, 65 × 80.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Early in 1884 Claude Monet traveled to Bordighera, a town on the Italian Riviera near the border between Italy and France, for a working visit…

Isola di San Giorgio (1948)

De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Isola di San Giorgio (The Island of San Giorgio Maggiore) 1948 Oil on canvas, 35 x 50 cm Private collection See also: • San Giorgio Maggiore (Venezia)

Claude Monet et Mme Henriot (1880)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Claude Monet et Mme Henriot 1880 Oil on canvas, 54.2 x 73 cm Private collection A leisurely Claude Monet and the stage actress Mme Henriette Henriot are the subjects of Renoir‘s plein-air composition of 1880. Renoir and Monet…

High Cliff, Coast of Maine (1894)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) High Cliff, Coast of Maine 1894 Oil on canvas, 76.8 x 97.2 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington Winslow Homer was known for his robust depictions of nature. In High Cliff, Coast of Maine, the ocean wages a mighty…