La Grotte de la Loue (1864)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Grotte de la Loue (The Cave of the Loue) 1864 Oil on canvas, 98.4 x 130.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Courbet painted events and scenery primarily from his native Ornans, a village in the remote Franche-Comté…

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Les Roches Noires à Trouville (1865-1866)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Les Roches Noires à Trouville (The Black Rocks at Trouville) 1865–1866 Oil on canvas, 50 × 61 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We stand on a beach lined with black rocks and boulders looking out onto the water…

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Mer calme (1866)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Mer calme (Calm Sea) 1866 Oil on canvas, 54.1 x 63.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Wivenhoe Park, Essex (1816)

Constable, John (1776-1837) Wivenhoe Park, Essex 1816 Oil on canvas, 56.1 x 101.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look out onto a landscape with low, grassy hills to the left, a lake to the right, and a brick building in…

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The White Horse (1818-1819)

Constable, John (1776-1837) The White Horse 1818–1819 Oil on canvas, 127 x 183 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This six-foot-wide canvas was something new for a 19th-century artist: it’s a sketch the same size as the final painting (now in the…

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Cloud Study: Stormy Sunset (1821-1822)

Constable, John (1776-1837) Cloud Study: Stormy Sunset 1821–1822 Oil on paper on canvas, 20.3 x 27.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This horizontal painting is filled with gray and white clouds against a blue sky. Wisps of white clouds are interspersed…

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Salisbury Cathedral from Lower Marsh Close (1820)

Constable, John (1776-1837) Salisbury Cathedral from Lower Marsh Close 1820 Oil on canvas, 73 x 91 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Constable, John (1776-1837) Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds c.1825 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Constable, John (1776-1837) Salisbury…

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