Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Le Bateau jaune (The Yellow Boat) 1891 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92.5 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena The wealthiest member of the Impressionist circle, Caillebotte helped finance the group’s exhibitions and actively collected the work of his…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Skiff sur la rivière Yerres (Skiff on the Yerres River) c.1877 Oil on canvas, 65.7 x 81 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena In 1877 and 1878, Gustave Caillebotte made a number of pictures of swimmers, oarsmen and rowers…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Voiliers à Argenteuil (Sailboats in Argenteuil) c.1888 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 55 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Caillebotte was passionate about sailing. From 1879 onwards, he won regattas on the Seine and attracted attention for his luxurious and…
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) L’Acqua (Water) 1566 Oil on alder wood, 66.5 x 50.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscription on the back side: AQUA Two paintings from the “Four Elements” series can be found in the KHM. They can be interpreted in…
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Nature Morte Vivante (Living Still Life) 1956 Oil on canvas, 125 x 160 cm Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Madonna at the Fountain 1439 Oil on panel, 19 x 12 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Inscriptions: frame, lower: A XAN/ IOHES DE EYCK ME FECIT + PLEVIT ANO 1439° The Virgin Mary lovingly cradles the…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Lucca Madonna c.1437 Oil on panel, 65.5 × 149.5 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt No other work by Jan van Eyck conveys a sense of such immediate intimacy between the viewer and the figures depicted as this painting.…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le pont du HMS Calcutta, Portsmouth (Gallery of HMS Calcutta) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 91.8 cm Tate Britain, London Tissot often painted a man with two women in order to explore the subtle nuances of flirtation…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) La Fille du capitaine (The Captain’s Daughter) 1873 Oil on canvas, 72.3 x 104.8 cm Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton Tissot began his career exhibiting historic subjects at the Paris Salon but during the 1860s turned to scenes…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La charmeuse de serpents (The Snake Charmer) 1907 Oil on canvas, 167 x 189.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Rousseau, who was self-taught and began painting late in life, travelled very little. Most of his jungles were painted in the…