Tag: water

La Seine à Paris, Pont du Carrousel (1922)

Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) La Seine à Paris, Pont du Carrousel (The Seine in Paris, Pont du Carrousel) 1922 Oil on canvas, 57 x 47 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This view from Pont Royal looks towards Pont du Carrousel, one of…

Bateau au bord de la rivière (c.1883)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Bateau au bord de la rivière (Boat by the Riverbank) c.1883 Oil on panel, 15 x 24 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This small study is one of some fourteen preparatory oil sketches for Georges Seurat’s first major…

Antibes (1888)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Antibes 1888 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 92.4 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In early 1888, Claude Monet travelled to the south of France where he spent several months capturing the intense colours and atmosphere of the Mediterranean.…

Printemps, Chatou (c.1873)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Printemps, Chatou (Spring, Chatou) c.1873 Oil on canvas, 59.6 x 73.7 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London The patch of water glimpsed through the trees on the left is the only feature linking this idyllic scene with Chatou. The…

Bords de la Seine à Argenteuil (1874)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Bords de la Seine à Argenteuil (Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil) 1874 Oil on canvas, 62.3 x 103 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This work is one of Édouard Manet’s most vivid experiments in painting outdoors, inspired…

Linlithgow Palace (c.1807)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Linlithgow Palace c.1807 Oil on canvas, 921.4 x 122 cm Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool See also: • Linlithgow Palace (Scotland)

Eugène Manet à l’Ile de Wight (1875)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Eugène Manet à l’Ile de Wight (Eugène Manet on the Isle of Wight) 1875 Oil on canvas, 38 × 46 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris On December 22, 1874, Berthe Morisot married Eugène Manet at the Church of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-de-Passy…

Cristo alla colonna (1487-1490)

Bramante (1444-1514) Cristo alla colonna (Christ Tied to the Column) 1487–1490 Oil on panel, 93.7 x 62.5 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Bramante was trained in Urbino, a center of mathematical studies where the use of perspective had been developed as a form…

Le Pont-Neuf, après-midi, soleil (1901)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Pont-Neuf, après-midi, soleil (Afternoon Sunshine, Pont Neuf) 1901 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92.1 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Compare: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Pont-Neuf 1902 Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest     Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Pont Neuf, effet de neige…