El Greco (1541-1614) San Mateo (St. Matthew) c.1610–1614 Oil on canvas,28-1/4 x 21-5/8 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Domenikos Theotokopolous, known as El Greco (the Greek), was a native of the island of Crete. He was trained there as a painter…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self-Portrait c.1629 Oil on oak panel, 44 cm × 34 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Over the course of more than forty years, Rembrandt portrayed his own likeness at least seventy-five times. In this highly unconventional work, painted when…
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Paysan avec brouette (Peasant with a Wheelbarrow) 1848–1852 Oil on canvas, 37.8 x 45.4 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Millet was a leading member of the Barbizon School of painters, which rose to prominence around 1850. Often working…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Landscape at Saint-Rémy (Enclosed Field with Peasant) 1889 Oil on canvas, 30 x 37-1/2 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Van Gogh‘s spirituality and intense identification with the forces of nature transformed his views of the landscape into…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Villeneuve-les-Avignon 1836 Oil on canvas, 10-1/4 x 16-1/4 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Corot spent the summer of 1836 in southern France, where he and his fellow painters rose early each day to sketch directly from nature.…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Maison en Provence (House in Provence) c.1885 Oil on canvas, 25-1/2 x 32 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Cézanne loved the landscape of his home in southern France and devoted much of his career to painting it.…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le printemps à Essoyes (Springtime in Essoyes) c.1900 Oil on canvas, 19-3/4 x 24-1/8 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis See also: • Essoyes (France)
Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) Pont-Aven vu du Bois d’Amour (Pont-Aven Seen from the Bois d’Amour) 1892 Oil on canvas, 28-3/8 x 36-1/4 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis While the Pont-Aven artists often depicted the Breton people or countryside, images of the village…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Charing Cross Bridge c.1900 Oil on canvas, 66 x 92.7 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Monet was fascinated by the vaporous mists of London. He visited the English capital three times between 1899 and 1901, painting views of…
Constable, John (1776-1837) The Cornfield c.1816 Oil on canvas, 12-7/16 x 9-3/4 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis This small oil sketch was made by Constable as a preparatory study for a painting he referred to as “The Drinking Boy.” The loosely painted…