Painting’s great masters are ever-present
Recognized as such by art historians, painting’s ‘great masters’ are very well-represented in The Virtual Wine Museum. “The notion of ‘mastery’ or ‘genius’ suggests an exceptional individual […] Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Dürer are geniuses, as are Caravaggio, Cézanne and Picasso, whether or not they trained students, collaborated with other recognized painters or became known as ‘masters’ through the sheer authority of their art, like Vermeer, Lotto, Chardin and Velázquez.” (Patricia Fride-Carrassat, Les Maîtres de la peinture, Larousse/SEJER 2004, Paris). This does not go to say that such painters produced nothing but masterpieces. Great masters were particularly present in the sixteenth century, illustrating the section ‘From Divine to Sacred’ and in the eighteenth century for the section ‘An Everyday Companion’. These two periods were rich for painters and great masters: in the first case, the effect of the Renaissance, the Counter-Reformation and the rise of the merchant class were all being felt; for the latter, the growth of ‘modern’ painting and realism, strong economic growth and the triumph of the industrial and banking bourgeoisie.
The best-represented artist is Van Gogh, followed by Vermeer, Manet, Cezanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, and Picasso
SELF-PORTRAITS
VINCENT VAN GOGH Autoportrait au chapeau de feutre gris, 1887 - Musée van Gogh, Amsterdam
JOHANNES VERMEER Détail de "L'Entremetteuse", c. 1656, autoportrait présumé
EDOUARD MANET Autoportrait à la palette, 1879 - Collection particulière
PAUL CÉZANNE Autoportrait avec un chapeau mou, c. 1894/16 - Artizon Museum, Tokyo
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC Autoportrait devant une glace (détail), 1880 - Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi
AUGUSTE RENOIR Autoportrait
PABLO PICASSO Autoportrait
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)
RED VINEYARD AT ARLES, MONTMAJOUR (partial view)
Vincent Van Gogh, 1888 - The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
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STILL LIFE WITH BOTTLES AND EARTHENWARE, Vincent Van Gogh Nov. 1884 | Apr. 1885 - Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
TERRACE OF A CAFE ON MONTMARTRE (LA GUINGUETTE) Vincent Van Gogh, 1886 - Musée d'Orsay, Paris
INTERIOR OF THE RESTAURANT CARREL IN ARLES (INTÉRIEUR DU RESTAURANT CARREL A ARLES) Van Gogh, 1888 - Private collection
THE MILL OF ALPHONSE DAUDET AT FONTVIEILLE (watercolour) Van Gogh, July 1888 - Private collection
NIGHT CAFE (CAFE DE NUIT) Vincent Van Gogh, 1888 - Yale University Gallery, New Haven, CT, United States
THE GREEN VINEYARD Van Gogh, 1888 - Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, Netherlands
STILL LIFE WITH A PLATE OF ONIONS, Van Gogh Early January 1889 - Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands
THE DRINKERS (LES BUVEURS) Vincent Van Gogh, 1890 - The Art Institute, Chicago
HOUSES AND FIGURE Vincent Van Gogh, February 1890 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, United States
OLD VINEYARD WITH PEASANT WOMAN Vincent Van Gogh, 1890 - Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
VINEYARDS WITH A VIEW OF AUVERS Vincent Van Gogh, 1890 - St Louis Art Museum, Missouri
HOUSES AT AUVERS Vincent Van Gogh, June 1890 Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, United States
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675)
A LADY AT THE VIRGINAL WITH A GENTLEMAN (partial view)
Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1662/65 - Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London
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OFFICER WITH A LAUGHING GIRL Vermeer, ca. 1658 - The Frick Collection, New York
THE GIRL WITH THE WINE GLASS or A LADY AND TWO GENTLEMEN Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1659-1660 - Herzog Anton-Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
THE GLASS OF WINE or A LADY DRINKING AND A GENTLEMAN Vermeer, ca. 1658-1660 - Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
GIRL INTERRUPTED AT HER MUSIC Vermeer, ca. 1660-1661 - The Frick Collection, New York
THE PROCURESS Vermeer, 1656 - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresde
A WOMAN ASLEEP, Vermeer ca. 1656-1657 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Édouard Manet (1832-1883)
LUNCHEON ON THE GRASS
Edouard Manet, 1862/63 - Musée d'Orsay Paris
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STILL LIFE WITH MELON AND PEACHES Edouard Manet, ca. 1866 - National Gallery of Art, Washington
THE LUNCHEON IN THE STUDIO (DÉJEUNER DANS L'ATELIER) Edouard Manet, 1869 - Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
PORT OF BORDEAUX Edouard Manet, 1871 - Bührle Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland
AT CAFE LE BOUCHON (AU CAFÉ LE BOUCHON) Edouard Manet, 1878/79 - Pushkin Museum, Moscow
AT FATHER LATHUILLE (CHEZ LE PÈRE LATHUILLE) Edouard Manet, 1879 - Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tournai, Belgium
A CAFE, PLACE DU THEATRE FRANCAIS (L’INTERIEUR D'UN CAFÉ, PLACE DU THEATRE FRANÇAIS) E. Manet, ca. 1880 - Glasgow Museums, UK
A BAR AT THE FOLIES-BERGERE (UN BAR AUX FOLIES-BERGERE) Edouard Manet, 1881-1882 - Courtauld Institute, London
Paul Cézanne (1839-1906)
STILL LIFE WITH OINIONS
Paul Cézanne, 1896/98 - Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS (LOTH ET SES FILLES) Paul Cezanne, ca. 1865 - Private collection
STILL LIFE: FLASK, GLASS, AND JUG Paul Cézanne, ca. 1867 - Guggenheim, New York
STILL LIFE WITH BOTTLES, FLASS, AND LEMON Paul Cézanne, 1867/69 ? - Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, USA
PASTORAL or IDYLL (PASTORALE or IDYLLE) Paul Cézanne, 1870 - Musée d'Orsay, Paris
THE WINE MARKET AT JUSSIEU Paul Cézanne, 1872 - Portland Art Museum, Oregon
THE DRESSER Paul Cézanne, 1877 - Fine Arts Museum, Budapest, Hungary
THE CARD PLAYERS (LES JOUEURS DE CARTE) Paul Cezanne, 1892/93 - Qatar's royal family
THE CARD PLAYERS (LES JOUEURS DE CARTE) Paul Cézanne, 1894/95 - Musée d'Orsay, Paris / 13
THE DRINKER (LE BUVEUR) Paul Cezanne 1898/1900 - The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
DANCE AT LE MOULIN DE LA GALETTE (BAL DU MOULIN DE LA GALETTE)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876 - Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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LUNCH AT THE RESTAURANT FOURNAISE or THE ROWERS' LUNCH (LES CANOTIERS), Auguste Renoir, 1875 - Art Institute of Chicago
LUNCHEON (LE DEJEUNER) Auguste Renoir, 1875 - Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, United States
AFTER THE LUNCHEON (APRES LE DEJEUNER) Auguste Renoir, 1879 - Städel Museum, Francfurt, Germany
LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY (LE DÉJEUNER DES CANOTIERS) Auguste Renoir, 1880/81 - The Phillips Collection, Washington
GRAPE PICKERS AT LUNCH (LE REPAS DES VENDANGEUSES), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ca. 1888 - Armand Hammer Collection, Los Angeles, CA, United States
THE VINEYARDS AT CAGNES (LES VIGNES A CAGNES) Auguste Renoir, c. 1908 - The Brooklyn Museum, New York
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)
DINNER AT THE HOUSE OF M. AND MME NATANSON (DÎNER CHEZ MONSIEUR ET MADAME NATANSON)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898 - Private Collection
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CELEYRAN, VIEW OF THE VINEYARD Henri de Toulouse-Lautre, 1880 - Toulouse-Lautrec Museum, Albi, France
TILLING IN THE VINEYARD (LE LABOUR DANS LES VIGNES) Toulouse-Lautrec, 1883 - Private collection
DRINKER (BUVEUR) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1882 - Private collection
THE HANGOVER, SUZANNE VALADON (GUEULE DE BOIS, La Buveuse) Toulouse-Lautrec, ca. 1886 - Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, USA
AT THE CAFE LA MIE (AU CAFE LA MIE) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, ca. 1891 - MFA, Boston, United States
MONSIEUR BOILEAU AT THE CAFÉ Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1893 - The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, United States
A CORNER OF THE MOULIN DE LA GALETTE Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892 - National Gallery of Art, Washington
AT THE MOULIN ROUGE Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892/95 - Art Institute, Chicago
THESE LADIES IN THE REFECTORY (CES DAMES AU RÉFECTOIRE) H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893-1894 - Szépmuvészeti Muz., Budapest
ALONE (SEULE) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896 - Musée d'Orsay, Paris
IN A PRIVATE DINING ROOM or AT THE RAT MORT (EN CABINET PARTICULIER) Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899 - Courtauld Institute, London
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
LE MOULIN DE LA GALETTE
Pablo Picasso, 1900 - Guggenheim Museum, New York
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TWO WOMEN AT A BAR (DEUX FEMMES AU BAR) Pablo Picasso, 1902 - Hiroshima Museum of Art, Japon
ANGEL FERNANDEZ DE SOTO AND HIS FRIEND (ANGEL FERNÁNDEZ DE SOTO ET SON AMIE), detail - Pablo Picasso, 1902/03 - Private collection
SOLER FAMILY Pablo Picasso 1903 - Modern and Contemporary Art Museum, Liège, Belgium
THE BLIND MAN'S MEAL Pablo Picasso, 1903 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
AU LAPIN AGILE Picasso, 1905 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
POT, GLASS AND BOOK Pablo Picasso, 1908 - Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia
STILL LIVE WITH GLASS, WINE BOTTLE, PACKAGE OF TOBACCO, AND NEWSPAPER Pablo Picasso, 1914 - Musée Picasso, Paris
THE BOTTLE OF WINE Pablo Picasso, 1926 - Beyeler Fundation, Riehen, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
REMBRANDT AND SASKIA Pablo Picasso, 1963 - Museo Picasso, Malaga, Spain
About 20% of our paintings are the work of great masters
We didn’t make a deliberate decision to feature so many great masters. But the fact is that many of these artists were deeply interested in representing the world of wine, whether profane or otherwise.
The works referenced here are presented in the Gallery Focus: a look, a work >>
LORENZO LOTTO
PONTORMO
TINTORETTO
PAOLO VERONESE
PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER
EL GRECO
FROM 14th TO 16th CENTURY
GIOTTO
GIOVANNI BELLINI
LEONARDO DA VINCI
HIERONYMUS BOSCH
An Allegory of Gluttony or The Ship of the Fools
An Allegory of Intemperance or Allegory of Gluttony
ALBRECHT DÜRER
MICHELANGELO
TITIAN
REMBRANDT
JOHANNES VERMEER
JEAN-ANTOINE WATTEAU
GIANBATTISTA TIEPOLO
WILLIAM HOGARTH
JEAN SIMEON CHARDIN
17th AND 18th CENTURIES
ANNIBALE CARRACCI
CARAVAGGIO
FRANS HALS
PETER PAUL RUBENS
NICOLAS POUSSIN
GEORGES DE LA TOUR
The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs
The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds
DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ
19th AND 20th CENTURIES
FRANCISCO DE GOYA
WILLIAM TURNER
GUSTAVE COURBET
EDOUARD MANET
EDGAR DEGAS
CLAUDE MONET
PAUL CÉZANNE
PAUL GAUGUIN
Grape Harvest at Arles (Misères humaines)
VINCENT VAN GOGH
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
In a Private Dining Room or At The Rat Mort (En Cabinet particulier)
HENRI MATISSE
PABLO PICASSO
JOAN MIRÓ
FRANCIS BACON