Tag: woman

Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris (1888)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris 1888 Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 54.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Two plumes of white steam rise from an unseen boat on the river Seine, signs of modern life juxtaposed with the…

Venetian Bead Stringers (1880 or 1882)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Venetian Bead Stringers 1880 or 1882 Oil on canvas, 66.99 x 78.1 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo John Singer Sargent was fond of making studies in watercolor or oil and often sketched the everyday scenes or…

La toilette (1906)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) La toilette 1906 Oil on canvas, 151.13 x 99.06 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In 1904, Pablo Picasso moved from his home in Spain to the bohemian Paris neighborhood of Montparnasse, beginning his lifelong relationship with the…

Petit nu bleu (c.1878-1879)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Petit nu bleu (Little Blue Nude) c.1878–1879 Oil on canvas, 46.35 x 38.1 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo During the late 1870s Pierre-Auguste Renoir began applying Impressionist theory to the rendering of the human figure—a process that…

L’Ambitieuse (1883-1885)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) L’Ambitieuse (Political Woman) 1883–1885 Oil on canvas, 142.24 x 101.6 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo L’Ambitieuse (Political Woman), also referred to as The Reception, belongs to a series of fifteen large paintings that James Tissot executed between…

Femme cousant (c.1879)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Femme cousant (Woman Sewing) c.1879 Oil on canvas, 65.405 x 54.61 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo One of the few female painters associated with Impressionism, Berthe Morisot created a niche for herself with instinctive paintings of domestic…