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View ArticleMeindert Hobbema - Water Mills [c.1664-68]
Along with his master Jacob van Ruisdael, Hobbema (Amsterdam, 1638 - Amsterdam, 1709) was one of the main ambassadors of Dutch landscape painting in the 17th century, which ushered in a real revolution...
View ArticlePierre-Auguste Renoir - Portrait of Madame Bonnières [1889]
[Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris - Oil on canvas, 117 x 89 cm]
View ArticleJan Steen - Little Alms Collector [c.1663-65]
The subject of this work was only recently identified satisfactorily as a Pentecostal procession. The potted plant, a cardamine pratensis, whose flower a young child sitting on a railing offers to the...
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View ArticleMaster of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece - The Meeting of the Three Kings...
In a barren, mountainous landscape, the three wise kings Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar meet to continue their journey to Bethlehem. Heralds on prancing horses blare trumpets to proclaim the...
View ArticleEdgar Degas - The Milliners [c.1882]
Two milliners sit at a dramatically angled worktable, their bodies partly obscured by the shadowed hat stands that crowd their work space. Seen as little more than a silhouette, the figure at right...
View ArticleJosé Gallegos - Mass [1900]
José Gallegos (1859 - 1917) was a Spanish painter.[Sotheby’s, London - Oil on canvas, 51 x 71 cm]
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View ArticleGerrit van Honthorst - Woman Playing the Guitar [1624]
Gerrit van Honthorst was born in Utrecht on November 4, 1590. Honthorst, the son of a painter of tapestry cartoons, was first trained by Abraham Bloemaert in Utrecht and later went to Rome. Influenced...
View ArticleÉvariste Carpentier - Washing Turnips [1890]
[Musée des beaux-arts de Liège - Oil on canvas, 130 x 195 cm]
View ArticleChilde Hassam - Winter, New York (Winter Morning on Broadway) [1904]
This work references both the restrained colour palette of similar tones found in Hassam's earlier Boston scenes as well as the diagonal, expansive compositions found in his Parisian cityscapes. All...
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View ArticleEmile Munier - Bather [1882]
Emile Munier (Paris, June 2, 1840 - Paris, June29, 1895) was a French academic artist. During the 1860s, Munier received three medals at the Beaux-Arts and in 1869 he exhibited at the Paris Salon. He...
View ArticleLéon François Comerre - Danae
[Sold for £18,750 at Sotheby’s, London - Oil on canvas, 28.5 x 40 cm]
View ArticleGuillaume Seignac - Abandon
Guillaume Seignac (Rennes, 1870 - Paris, 1924) was a French academic painter. In addition to his training in the academic style, much of Seignac's work displayed classical themes and style, for...
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View ArticleJoseph-Marius Avy - The Black Ball [1903]
[Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Petit Palais, Paris - Oil on canvas, 139 x 219 cm]
View ArticleAlfred Roll - Portrait of Jane Hading [1890]
Alfred Roll (Paris, March 1, 1846 - Paris, October 27, 1919) was a French painter. He became the French government's official painter, and was commissioned to paint numerous art pieces, including those...
View ArticleFernand Pelez - La Vachalcade [1900]
Fernand Pelez (Paris, January 18, 1843 - August 7, 1913) was a French painter of Spanish origin. Pelez was a commercial failure in the 1880s, and after the failure of his L'Humanité at the Salon of...
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