Tag: water

Evening (1888)

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Evening 1888 Oil on canvas, 75 x 100.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Munch Museum / Munch-Ellingsen Group / VEGAP, Madrid From very early on in his career Edvard Munch aimed to convey the angst and isolation characteristic of…

Bay with Boat and House (1881)

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Bay with Boat and House 1881 Oil on cardboard, 37 x 51 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Munch Museum / Munch-Ellingsen Group / VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection A few weeks before his seventeenth birthday in November 1880, Edvard…

Canal du Midi (1898)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Canal du Midi 1898 Oil on cardboard mounted on plywood, 24 x 36 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Succession H. Matisse / VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection Canal du Midi belongs to a series of pictures painted by Matisse…

Watermill at Gennep (1884)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Watermill at Gennep 1884 Oil on canvas, 85 x 151 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection During his time in Nuenen between 1883 and 1885 Van Gogh focused on a study of rural life in the Brabant…

The Stevedores in Arles (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Stevedores in Arles 1888 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid When Vincent van Gogh arrived in Arles in February 1888 seeking the luminous atmosphere of the French Midi, he eschewed pointillist and…

Le Pont de Waterloo (1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Le Pont de Waterloo (Waterloo Bridge) 1906 Oil on canvas, 80.5 x 101 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©André Derain, VEGAP, Madrid Waterloo Bridge is one of the series of canvases Derain painted in London for the art dealer…

Lever de lune sur les bords de l’Oise (1874)

Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Lever de lune sur les bords de l’Oise (Moonrise on the Banks of the River Oise) 1874 Oil on panel, 38.5 x 67.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection The river Oise was one of Daubigny‘s favourite…