Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway 1844 Oil on canvas, 91 x 121.8 cm National Gallery, London A steam engine rushes towards us as it speeds along a bridge through the rain. The bridge…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) La Femme aux chrysanthèmes (A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers, Madame Paul Valpinçon?) 1865 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The juxtaposition of the prominent bouquet and the off-center figure,…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Les lauriers roses (The Terrace at Méric) 1867 Oil on canvas, 55.2 x 91.4 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati See also: • Castelnau-le-Lez (France) | Des Hours, Thérèse
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Fleurs (Flowers) 1868 Oil on canvas, 130 x 97 cm Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble Coming from a large Protestant family in Montpellier, Frédéric Bazille was destined for a career as a doctor. However, in 1862 he entered Gleyre’s studio…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) L’Atelier de la rue Visconti (Bazille’s Studio of The Rue Visconti) 1867 Oil on canvas, 64.77 × 48.26 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond In 1862, Bazille moved from Montpellier to Paris. There, he befriended Monet, Renoir, and…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Les remparts d’Aigues-Mortes (The Ramparts at Aigues-Mortes) 1867 Oil on canvas, 46 x 75.50 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Although he never painted the coastline, Bazille was fascinated by the play of light and water, to which he devoted most…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Paysage à Chailly (Landscape at Chailly) 1865 Oil on canvas, 81 x 100.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Chailly-en-Bière (France)
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Marine à Sainte-Adresse (Beach at Sainte-Adresse) 1865 Oil on canvas, 58.4 x 140 cm High Museum of Art, Atlanta On a windy, overcast day on the northern coast of France, fishing boats ply the choppy waters. In this unsentimental…