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Bernheim-Jeune

French, est. 1863 - closed 2018

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Alfred Sisley, The Road in the Woods, 1879, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.215

The Road in the Woods

Alfred Sisley · 1879 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.215

Two green pears lit from the upper right sit on a pale blue tabletop or ledge against a dark background in this horizontal still life painting. The left pear sits upright against the other. The left-hand pear’s laurel-green skin is flecked with dark brown, and its black stem tips to our left. The other pear lies on its side with its stem angled toward the table to our right. Its lighter green skin is tinged with peach along its top curve. The surface beneath the pears is loosely painted with ice blue flecked with gray, blush pink, and sky blue, perhaps suggesting marble. The front, right corner of the table nearly lines up with the bottom right corner of the composition. The area below the table and the wall behind the table are dark brown. Barely visible, the artist signed the painting with black paint against the dark brown skirt of the table, “Manet.”
Edouard Manet, Pears, 1880, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 2014.18.28

Pears

Edouard Manet · 1880 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2014.18.28

Henri Matisse, Odalisque, Half-Length--The Tattoo, 1923, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.40

Odalisque, Half-Length--The Tattoo

Henri Matisse · 1923 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.40

We look slightly down onto a wooden table or buffet with a basket of fruit, a vase of pink and white flowers, a book, and a small tray holding a teacup, saucer, and two oranges in this horizontal still life painting. The wooden surface is highly polished and has a red tint, like cherry. The oval, rust-red tray has a lip around the edge, and it sits across the front right corner of the table, close to us. One of the oranges in the tray is peeled, and a segment sits near a second, unpeeled orange. The empty white teacup, also in the tray, has a flaring lip and a delicate gold handle, and the cup and saucer are edged in gold. The thick, soft-bound, sea-blue book is placed beyond the tray, to our right. Behind the tray, a tall, goblet-like, cobalt-blue vase with a pedestal foot holds five flowers, possibly carnations, among green leaves. Two blossoms are cream white, two are ruby red, and the fifth flower is streaked with both colors. To our left, a rectangular, woven, wicker basket holds three pears, two apples, and a quince. The fruit is blush red, golden yellow, or pale green. A pale yellow quince and red and yellow apple sit on the table in front of the basket, near the tray. The background is painted a muted sage green. The artist signed and dated the work with dark green paint in the upper right corner: “Fantin. 1866.”
Henri Fantin-Latour, Still Life, 1866, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.146

Still Life

Henri Fantin-Latour · 1866 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.146

A young girl with pale skin and long brown hair looks at us as she braces a tall, wooden hoop with one hand by her hip in this vertical painting. The girl stands close to us with her body angled to our right, and she looks at us from the corners of her dark blue eyes. Her delicate nose, rosy cheeks, and closed, rose-pink lips are set in a heart-shaped face. She has wavy, chestnut-brown hair that falls loosely around her shoulders. Bangs brush across her forehead, and her hair is pulled back in half, tied in a pale blue ribbon. She wears a sky-blue dress with a ruffle around the wide collar. The long sleeves are rolled back over her wrists, and the dress is tied at the waist with an aquamarine-blue sash tied into a bow at her lower back. The knee-length skirt flares out from the waist. She wears ice-blue socks pulled halfway up her shins and black, low-heeled Mary Jane-style shoes tied with bows over the arches. One foot turns to rest on the bottom edge of the wooden hoop she braces with her left hand, farther from us. She holds a short stick by her side with the other hand. The ground around her is painted with blended areas of muted topaz blue, peach, and canary yellow. The top third of the background is a loosely painted garden, with lime and spring-green leaves, and a cluster of shell-pink flowers to our right. The artist signed and dated the painting in the lower left corner, “Renoir. 85.”
Auguste Renoir, Girl with a Hoop, 1885, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.58

Girl with a Hoop

Auguste Renoir · 1885 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.58

The painting depicts a coastal scene. A rocky shore in warm tones of orange and purple is closest to the viewer, with two boats and a simple structure visible near the center of the image. The horizon line is high in the composition, with a range of mountains faintly visible against the sky past the large body of water. The water is a light blue, stretching from the rocky shore to the distant mountains. The paint has been applied with small dot-like brushstrokes of reds, oranges, blues, and purples.
Henri Edmond Cross, Calanque des Antibois, 1891/1892, oil on canvas, John Hay Whitney Collection, 1982.76.2

Calanque des Antibois

Henri Edmond Cross · 1891/1892 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1982.76.2

A woman plays an upright piano as two boys play checkers at a table in this horizontal painting. The scene is loosely painted with areas of flat color and pattern. The people have pale, peachy skin and dark brown hair. Their facial features are painted with dots or short strokes of black. The piano is against the wall to our left. The woman wears a short-sleeved, lemon-yellow dress with a long skirt. A music book is propped on the music stand, and loosely painted objects line the top of the instrument. The wall behind the piano is patterned with white and pale yellow flowers under and around arches against a cranberry-red background. The table where the boys play is in the middle of the room. The players sit in wooden chairs and wear black and white striped jackets with white collars. The boy to our right looks at the board while resting his left cheek, closer to us, in his hand. The other boy looks on with his arms on the table in front of him. The checkerboard sits on a red and white striped cloth, which has lines of black dots in the white strips. Beneath the table is a floral rug with blue and black flowers against a red background. The border is painted loosely with leafy shapes against bright white. Beneath the area rug the floor or another carpet is garnet red with a diamond-shaped grid painted in orange. A petal-pink, upholstered chair sits in front of a tall wardrobe in the back corner of the room. A picture with two violins against a blue background hangs on the side of the furniture to our right. A chest of drawers next to the wardrobe holds a few bowls or objects and a white statue, about half human height. The statue is of a person standing with one knee bent in front of the other, one elbow tucked by the side with that hand held to the chest, and the other bent elbow raised overhead. Pictures hang on the wall around the statue, and the wallpaper there is ivory white with a dark yellow pattern. The artist signed the work in the lower right corner, “Henri Matisse.”
Henri Matisse, Pianist and Checker Players, 1924, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1985.64.25

Pianist and Checker Players

Henri Matisse · 1924 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1985.64.25

Auguste Renoir, Marie Murer, 1877, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.59

Marie Murer

Auguste Renoir · 1877 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.59

Shown from the waist up, we look slightly down onto a pale-skinned woman as she looks down and writes on a piece of paper in this vertical painting. The scene is loosely painted so brushstrokes are visible throughout and detail, especially in the background, is hard to make out. The woman wears a midnight-blue garment with long sleeves and a ruffled collar, and her hair is pinned or twisted up on the crown of her head. Her dark pink lips curve in a slight smile as she looks down with the pen poised in her right hand. Her left hand, to our right, rests with the fingertips on the sheet of paper. The table top is parchment white, and pink, white, and mint-green forms, presumably paper and a stationary box, sit in front of the woman and to our left. Her chair has a curved back and is upholstered with claret red. A vertical golden yellow strip on the right edge of the painting may indicate a curtain or wall, and a blend of muted blue, ash brown, and emerald green suggest patterned fabric or wallpaper behind her. The artist signed the painting in the lower right corner, “Bonnard.”
Pierre Bonnard, The Letter, c. 1906, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.86

The Letter

Pierre Bonnard · c. 1906 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.86

Auguste Renoir, Girl with a Basket of Fish, c. 1889, oil on canvas, Gift of William Robertson Coe, 1956.4.1

Girl with a Basket of Fish

Auguste Renoir · c. 1889 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1956.4.1