Tag: water

Point Lobos, Carmel (1914)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Point Lobos, Carmel 1914 Oil on canvas, 71.91 x 91.92 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA California scenes by Hassam are not common; references suggest that there may not be more than a dozen. Hassam began…

Pont de Charing Cross (c.1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Pont de Charing Cross dit aussi Pont de Westminster (Charing Cross Bridge, also known as Westminster Bridge) c.1906 Oil on canvas, 81 x 100.6 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris At the 1905 Salon d’automne, Derain shared the same…

La piscine de Londres (1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) La piscine de Londres (The Pool of London) 1906 Oil on canvas, 65.7 × 99.1 cm Tate Britain, London This view of the Thames from London Bridge is one of four works painted by Derain, showing the same…

London Bridge (1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) London Bridge 1906 Oil on canvas, 66 x 99.1 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York In 1905, French painter André Derain was commissioned by his art dealer Ambroise Vollard to paint views of London. Derain set up…

Charing Cross Bridge (1905-1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Charing Cross Bridge 1905–1906 Oil on canvas, 81.7 x 100.7 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York In this cityscape Derain rendered the customary gray of the London sky with dramatic color. In the summer of 1905 he…

Port en Provence, Martigues (1913)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Port en Provence, Martigues (Martigues, Harbor in Provence) 1913 Oil on canvas, 141 x 90 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Martigues is a port on the Mediterranean coast of south-eastern France, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. It was…

Marée basse, Berck (1886)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Marée basse, Berck (Low Tide, Berck) 1886 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 61.3 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Known as a pleinairiste, Boudin was among the first artists to paint entire compositions, rather than just sketches, outdoors (en…

La Plage à Trouville (1888)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La Plage à Trouville (Beach at Trouville) 1888 Oil on panel, 14.3 x 23.8 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Boudin’s beach scenes provide a charming record of resort fashion through the decades. Here the wide crinolines of the…