Tag: watercolor

Le vieux pont (1866)

Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) Le vieux pont (The Old Bridge) 1866 Pen, ink, wash and watercolor, 31.5 x 49.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris From 1834, when he went to the north of France and Belgium – where he returned every year…

Le vieux clown (Paillasse)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Le vieux clown, ou Paillasse (The Old Clown) s.d. Watercolor, 17.1 × 10.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The theme of the old clown (or Paillasse), of which several versions are known, takes place in the series of…

Paysage, jardin séparé par un mur

Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916) Paysage: jardin séparé par un mur d’une pelouse ombragée d’arbres (Landscape: Garden separated by a wall from a lawn shaded by trees) s.d. Watercolor, 19.7 × 29.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

The Death of the Wicked Man

Blake, William (1757-1827) The Death of the Wicked Man s.d. Watercolor, 20.2 × 25.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Third sheet in a series of nineteen, commissioned by the publisher Robert H. Cromek to illustrate the collection The Grave by the…

Roses négligemment jetées sur un vase

Astruc, Zacharie (1833-1907) Roses négligemment jetées sur un vase (Roses carelessly thrown on a vase) s.d. Watercolor, 78.7 × 56.6 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Signed upper right, in brush: ‘Zacharie Astruc Chenonceau’.

La Maîtresse de Baudelaire (c.1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Maîtresse de Baudelaire (Baudelaire’s Mistress) c.1862 Watercolor, 16.7 x 23.8 cm Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Femme à l’éventail 1862 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest     See also: • Baudelaire, Charles (1821-1867) | Duval, Jeanne (c.1820-c.1862)

Tigre (c.1830)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Tigre (Tiger) c.1830 Watercolor, 14.1 x 25.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

La Rochelle (1930)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) La Rochelle 1930 Watercolor over black chalk on paper, 29.7 x 45.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Les Tours Vertes, La Rochelle 1913 Private collection     See also: • La Rochelle (France)

The Yellow Room (c.1883-1884)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) The Yellow Room c.1883–1884 Watercolor and gouache on paperboard, 24.8 × 17.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Yellow Room is among Whistler’s most accomplished watercolors, a harmonious “arrangement” of violet and yellow, dating…