Nature morte aux huîtres (1876)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nature morte aux huîtres (Still Life with Oysters) 1876 Oil on canvas, 53.34 × 93.35 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond This large-format still life is among the earliest examples of Gauguin‘s artistic production. When the artist…

La Tamise à Hampton Court (1874)

Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) La Tamise à Hampton Court (The Thames at Hampton Court) 1874 Oil on canvas, 34.93 × 59.69 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond See also: After a short visit to South Kensington, England, in July 1874, Sisley…

Bateau de Blanchisseuses sur la Seine (1887)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Bateau de Blanchisseuses sur la Seine (The Laundry Boat on the Seine at Asnières) 1887 Oil on canvas, 19.05 × 26.99 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond The Laundry Boat on the Seine at Asnières exemplifies…

Cocotiers au Bord de la Mer, St. Thomas (1856)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Cocotiers au Bord de la Mer, St. Thomas (Coconut Palms by the Sea, St. Thomas) 1856 Oil on canvas, 26.67 × 34.93 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond This is one of several pictures Pissarro painted of…

Le Quai du Pothuis à Pontoise (1872)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Quai du Pothuis à Pontoise (The Quai du Pothuis in Pontoise) 1872 Oil on canvas, 45.09 × 55.25 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond Views of Pontoise, a northwestern suburb of Paris, were among Pissarro’s most…

Sur la plage de Boulogne (1868)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Sur la plage de Boulogne (On the Beach, Boulogne-sur-Mer) 1868 Oil on canvas, 32.39 × 66.04 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond As early as 1863, Manet’s submissions to the Salon were either rejected by the jury…

Sunflowers (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Sunflowers (F 454, JH 1562) 1888 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 73 cm National Gallery, London ‘The sunflower is mine’, Van Gogh once declared. Soon after his death he became known as the painter of sunflowers, an…