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Category: Art
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Le Moulin de la Galette
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, oil on canvas, 1876 This painting depicts a happy scene in the Moulin de la Galette, a square in Montmartre, Paris, on a Sunday afternoon. Some commentators have observed that the girl in the striped dress (middle foreground) is Estelle, a sister of one of Renoir’s models. Other figures from the artist’s life… Read more →
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Le Déjeuner des Canotiers
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, oil on canvas, 1881 The Luncheon of the Boating Party is unmistakably one of Renoir’s greatest masterpieces. The level of detail evident in, for example the still life, the characters’ faces and poses, and the moored boats, signifies a break in Renoir’s previous abstractions and a move towards a new post-impressionist style. Read more →
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Jeunes Filles au Piano (Girls at the Piano)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, oil on canvas, 1892 Read more →
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Road with Cypress and Star
Vincent van Gogh, oil on canvas, 1890 I viewed this stunning work at the Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, The Netherlands, March 2007. The texture and depth of the paint layers isn’t quite captured by this photograph. Read more →
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Wheat Field under Threatening Skies
Vincent van Gogh, oil on canvas, 1890 One of van Gogh’s last works, now exhibited in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Read more →