Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Les enfants du pêcheur (The Fisherman’s Children) 1867 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The special appeal of this rather small canvas is threefold: It combines a calm beach at low tide with an…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Chez la modiste (At the Milliner’s) 1882 Pastel on paper, 75.5 x 85.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Degas, who always regarded himself as a realist painter, strove to depict the reality around him in his works and chiefly…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Bergère nue couchée (Reclining Nude Shepherdess) 1891 Oil on canvas, 57.5 x 86.4 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen In the spring and summer of 1890 -and again in 1891– Berthe Morisot, with her husband Eugène Manet…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Le Miroir Psyché (The Psyche mirror) 1876 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Berthe Morisot was closely associated with French Impressionism and actively participated in all the group’s exhibitions. She maintained close and creative…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme avec parasol dans un jardin (Woman with a Parasol in a Garden) 1875 Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In Woman with a Parasol in a Garden, Renoir’s language is wholly impressionistic: in…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Amazone (The Horsewoman) c.1882 Oil on canvas, 73 x 52 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid First Manet then the Impressionists followed the road paved by Courbet in representing reality in painting and went even further by initiating new research…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Nini Lopez (Portrait of Nini Lopez) 1876 Oil on canvas, 54 x 39 cm Musée d’art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre See also: • López, Nini
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) L’Excursionniste (The Excursionist) c.1888 Oil on canvas, 61.5 x 50 cm Musée d’art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Nu couché sur canapé rose (Reclining nude on a pink couch) 1919 Oil on canvas, 33.3 × 41.2 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune femme assise, décolletée (Young woman seated, with neck and shoulders uncovered) 1891 Oil on canvas, 33.2 × 20.9 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne