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Fernand Cormon

26 works

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Painting of a glassworker at a bench, shaping glowing molten glass in a dim workshop lit by windows.

Le Verrier

1893

Loose oil sketch of cloudy sky with floating figures, a distant city, and kneeling figures on rocks in a gilded frame.

Esquisse pour la galerie nord du Petit Palais : La Révolution française (Plafond)

1912

Reddish monochrome painting of a bearded archer and a satyr facing a mythic scene of cupids, warriors and a sea.

Le Satyre

1889

Horizontal sketch of Paris street scenes with figures, a woman in pink, a boy, and a river, above three gold arches.

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Histoire de l'écriture, temps modernes

1890

Painting of a dark wooded hillside under a stormy sky with a bright rainbow, rust-colored cliffs and small travelers in the f

L'âge de Fer

1914

Painted study of an allegorical gathering of figures from many cultures beneath a large tree, with a seated woman and globe.

Esquisse pour la mairie de Bois-Colombes : les cinq continents

1919

Sepia sketch of a draped woman beside a stone inscribed tablet, a sailing boat, a crowd on the shore and a flute player.

Esquisse pour le salon des Lettres de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Histoire de l'écriture, les temps anciens

1889

Oil sketch of an allegorical ceiling design with an embracing couple, cherubs and reclining nudes in clouds.

Esquisse pour le plafond de la salle des mariages de la mairie du 4ème : Le Mariage

1878

Sketch of an ancient Egyptian riverside scene with figures, pyramids and a sailboat above three empty gold arched panels.

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Histoire de l'écriture - les temps anciens

1890

Brown wash sketch of two nude prehistoric men on a windy beach, one standing and one crouching over rocks.

Les mangeurs de crabe, esquisse pour l'amphithéâtre de paléontologie du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris

1897

Brown wash sketch of a prehistoric man with a bow and a woman beside him on a plain, with hunters and a carcass behind.

La Chasse, esquisse pour l'amphithéâtre de paléontologie du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris

1897

Brown sketch of a kneeling woman beside a clay pot, two armed men, a crowd on a hillside, and a tree with pottery.

La poterie, esquisse pour l'amphithéâtre de paléontologie du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris

1897

Grey wash sketch of prehistoric figures fishing on a lake shore, with a bearded man hauling a line and mountains behind.

La Pêche, esquisse pour l'amphithéâtre de paléontologie du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris

1897

Brown wash sketch of a mounted warrior with a spear, a dog, and an ox-drawn chariot crossing a grassy plain.

Gaulois à cheval, esquisse pour l'amphithéâtre de paléontologie du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris

1897

Grisaille sketch of warriors, prehistoric humans and riders in misty clouds, study for a Paris museum ceiling.

Esquisse pour le plafond de l'amphithéâtre de paléontologie du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris : Les Races humai…

1897

Brown monochrome sketch of a bearded man hammering at an anvil beside figures, huts and smoke in a primitive landscape.

Le bronze et le fer, esquisse pour l'amphithéâtre de paléontologie du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris

1897

Oil portrait of a seated man with curly gray hair, mustache, dark velvet jacket and white cravat, hands clasped.

Portrait de Carrier-Belleuse

1877

Loose painted sketch of mounted riders and primitive figures amid clouds, in ochre and grey tones, for a ceiling design.

Esquisse pour l'amphithéâtre de paléontologie du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris : les Races humaines (Plafond)

1897

Painting of prehistoric people in a procession carrying bodies on a litter across a barren reddish desert plain.

Caïn

1880

Prehistoric hunters return with a bear carcass to a shelter where women, children and a seated elder wait by a fire.

L'âge de pierre, retour d'une chasse à l'ours

1884

Reddish monochrome painting of a satyr and a bearded man with a quiver seen from behind, with cherubs and chariots in mist.

Le Satyre

1886

Young African Woman

Painting of a helmeted mounted warrior with a spear on a dark horse with gold harness, battle and river behind.

Histoire de Paris, la bataille de Lutèce : Camulogène, chef des Parisii attaque Labienus, lieutenant de César

1906

Painting of a harem interior with a reclining man on a divan, women, guards in turbans, a parrot and patterned carpets.

The Harem

1877

Pencil drawing of a bald, bearded man with a mustache looking forward, signed F. Cormon and dated 1912.

Self-Portrait

1912

Brown wash drawing of a woman with long hair crouching in a fur garment, with pencil outline of legs at right.

Crouching Woman

n.d.

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