Tag: water

L’Oise à Pontoise au temps gris (1876)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) L’Oise à Pontoise au temps gris (The Oise in Pontoise in gray weather) 1876 Oil on canvas, 53.5 x 64 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam Pissarro believed that ‘Everything is suitable for drawing, everything!’ He was true to…

Melancholy (1906-1907)

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Melancholy (The Reinhardt Frieze) 1906–1907 Tempera on canvas, 87 x 156 cm Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin In 1906, Munch was commissioned by the Berlin theatre director Max Reinhardt to create a picture frieze for a hall on the upper…

Bassin d’Argenteuil avec un seul voilier (1874)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Bassin d’Argenteuil avec un seul voilier (Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat) 1874 Oil on canvas, 55 x 65 cm National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin From 1871 to 1878, Monet lived in Argenteuil on the outskirts of Paris. During…

Automne sur la Seine, Argenteuil (1873)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Automne sur la Seine, Argenteuil (Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil) 1873 Oil on canvas, 54.2 x 73.3 cm High Museum of Art, Atlanta Claude Monet painted this view of the Seine near the town of Argenteuil, northwest of Paris,…

Portrait de Bazille (1864)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Portrait de Bazille (Portrait of Bazille) 1864 Oil on wood, 40.50 x 31.50 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Recent research has returned this beautiful painting to Monet, and dated it to 1864 when, staying in Honfleur, Monet and Bazille worked…

Le Palais des Papes (1909)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Le Palais des Papes, Avignon, Soir (The Papal Palace, Avignon, Evening) 1909 Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 91.9 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Avignon (France)