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The WPI Sales Catalogues Database: A Valuable Resource for Art Historical Research
WPI Oral Histories: Preserving Artists’ Legacies through the Spoken Word
The WPI’s Digital Corpus: A New Model for Publishing Catalogues Raisonnés
What is a Catalogue Raisonné and Why is it Useful?
Catalogue Raisonné Defined A “catalogue raisonné” is a published compendium of an artist’s complete works…
![Jean Puy, c. 1904–14; Ambroise Vollard Records [ie4ezro8], The Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.](https://wpi.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Jean-Puy-1-300x300.jpeg)
The WPI Digital Archives: Art Historical Research for the Digital Future
The Henry Certigny Papers: a peek into the work and life of an art expert
Portrait of Henry Certigny, 1962; Henry Certigny Papers [30b7473a-ebba-406a-a51e-ec02663234c7], The Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc. I…
WPI Oral Histories
The WPI Oral Histories provide unprecedented firsthand accounts from art historians, archivists, gallerists, and others with…
The Things of Friendship
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Nature morte au bouquet à l’éventail, 1871. Oil on canvas. The Museum of…
Théodore Duret in Japan
Edouard Manet, Portrait of Théodore Duret, 1868, oil on canvas, Paris, Musée du Petit Palais…
Claude Monet’s Encounter with the Mediterranean – Part 2
The Reception of the Riviera Paintings W891a, Portrait of the Artist in his Studio (1884),…
Claude Monet’s Encounter with the Mediterranean – Part 1
W854, Bordighera (1884), oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm, Art Institute of Chicago, IL….
Claude Monet: The Water Lily Pond
Fig. 1: Map of Giverny showing Monet’s property, Archives Départementales de l’Eure, undated. In Giverny,…
A Peculiar Still Life
Fig. 1 Galerie Barbazanges Archives Fig. 2 Bernheim-Jeune, Marc Edler, Albert André, Renoir’s Atelier. L’Atelier…
First exhibition of Kees Van Dongen at MM. Bernheim Jeune, 15 rue Richepanse, Paris, (November 25–Decembre 8, 1908)
Kees Van Dongen, La Femme au collier, oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.3 cmCover of…
Wedding Menu of Jean-Pierre Hoschedé and Suzanne Costadau at Claude Monet’s Giverny property (December 12, 1903)
On December 12, 1903, Jean-Pierre Hoschedé (who became Claude Monet’s step-son when Monet wedded his…
Who is this woman?
Edouard Manet, Jeune femme voilée, 1872, oil on canvas, 61 x 47 cm (Musée du…
Playing Guess Who in Paul Ferdinand Gachet’s Family Album
Portrait of Marguerite Gachet, the daughter of Doctor Gachet [WPI archives]Inscription on the back of…
Renoir’s Fragments
Archives Vollard [WPI Archives] “These sketches are what he likes best, that’s where he puts…
Henri “Le Douanier” Rousseau, the Unsung Composer
Henri Rousseau, Portrait de Clémence Boitard, 1903, Musée national Picasso, Paris Clémence, valse and introduction…
Art Dealings in Times of War: The Records of Raphaël Gérard
Hitler examines a cache of paintings (Photo: National Archives). To this day, much remains to…