Bal du moulin de la Galette (commonly known as
Dance at Le moulin de la Galette) is an 1876
painting by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It is housed at the
Musée d'Orsay in Paris and is one of Impressionism's most celebrated
masterpieces. The painting depicts a typical Sunday afternoon at the
original Moulin de la Galette in the district of Montmartre in
Paris. In the late 19th century, working-class Parisians would dress
up and spend time there dancing, drinking, and eating galettes into
the evening.Like other works of Renoir's early maturity, Bal du
moulin de la Galette is a typically Impressionist snapshot of real
life.
It shows a richness of form, a fluidity of brush stroke, and a
flickering, sun-dappled light.
The Weeping Woman (French:
La Femme qui pleure) is a series of oil on canvas
paintings by Pablo Picasso, the last of which was created in late
1937. The paintings depict Dora Maar, Picasso's mistress and muse.
The Weeping Woman paintings were produced by Picasso in response to
the bombing of Guernica in the Spanish Civil War and are closely
associated with the iconography in his painting Guernica. Picasso
was intrigued with the subject of the weeping woman, and revisited
the theme numerous times that year.
The most elaborate version, created on 26 October 1937, is in the
Tate collection. Another Weeping Woman painting created on 18
October 1937 is housed at the National Gallery of Victoria and was
involved in a high-profile political art theft.
Saturn Devouring His Son is a painting by Spanish
artist Francisco Goya. Goya's painting, one of his
"Black Paintings", portrays a scene of horrifying violence, with
Saturn tearing apart one of his sons. The work is one of the 14
so-called Black Paintings that Goya painted directly on the walls of
his house some time between 1820 and 1823. It was transferred to
canvas after Goya's death and is now in the Museo del Prado in
Madrid. The painting is traditionally considered a depiction of the
Greek myth of the Titan Cronus, whom the Romans called Saturn,
eating one of his children out of fear of a prophecy by Gaea that
one of his children would overthrow him.
Like all of the Black Paintings, it was not originally intended for
public consumption and Goya did not provide a title or notes. Thus,
its interpretation is disputed.
Water Lilies (French:
Nymphéas [nɛ̃.fe.a]). is a series of approximately
250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840–1926).
The paintings depict his flower garden at his home in Giverny, and
were the main focus of his artistic production during the last
thirty years of his life. Many of the works were painted while Monet
suffered from cataracts.
Monet was fascinated by the changing reflections, light, and
tranquility of the pond, seeking to capture the essence of nature
and his own emotions.
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