Le Pont-Neuf, après-midi, soleil (1901)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Pont-Neuf, après-midi, soleil (Afternoon Sunshine, Pont Neuf) 1901 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92.1 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Compare: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Pont Neuf, effet de neige 1902 National Museum Wales, Cardiff     See also: • Pont Neuf (Paris)

Le Pont japonais, Giverny (1895)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Pont japonais, Giverny (Japanese Footbridge, Giverny) 1895 Oil on canvas, 78.7 × 97.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia This canvas—one of Claude Monet’s first attempts to capture his garden in paint—derives its composition and vivid hues from the…

Portrait d’une femme polonaise (1919)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Portrait d’une femme polonaise (Portrait of a Polish Woman) 1919 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 64.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Notorious for his fiery temper, his passionate love affairs, and his severe poverty, Amedeo Modigliani was the consummate…

Le Bon Bock (1873)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Bon Bock (The Good Bock) 1873 Oil on canvas, 94.6 × 83.3 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Bock is a dark, rich beer made in the spring. This vivid depiction of a drinker recalls the animated portraits by…

Arlequin (1917)

Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Arlequin (Harlequin) 1917 Carved and painted plaster, 54 x 33 x 25.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia This standing figure is the only sculpture that Juan Gris ever made. The polychrome sculpture is balanced on a protruding wedge-shaped slab…

Vue du pont Clichy à Asnières (c.1900-1902)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Vue du pont Clichy à Asnières (View of Clichy Bridge at Asnières) 1900–1902 Oil on canvas, 44 × 40 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This colorful landscape is a study for a larger work that depicts vehicles for flight, including…

La Seine à Argenteuil (1888)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Seine à Argenteuil (The Seine at Argenteuil) 1888 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia In 1888, Renoir spent a leisurely as well as productive summer at the home of the impressionist artist and patron…

Camille au métier (1875)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Camille au métier (Madame Monet Embroidering) 1875 Oil on canvas, 65.5 × 56 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Though Monet preferred painting in the open air, for this work he brought his easel indoors to capture his first wife, Camille…