Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Scène de plage à Trouville (Beach Scene, Trouville) c.1870–1874 Oil on wood, 18.2 x 46.2 cm National Gallery, London By the mid nineteenth century, the Normandy coastal town Trouville had developed into smart seaside resort, attracting well-to-do holidaymakers…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Coin de table (By the Table) 1872 Oil on canvas, 161 x 223.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Standing: 1. Pierre Elzéar (1849-1916) 2. Émile Blémont (1839-1927) 3. Jean Aicard (1848-1921) Seated: 4. Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) 5. Arthur…
(1811–1872) Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier “Le bon Théo” Works: • Émaux et camées (1852) ◊ Enamels and Cameos (English) • La Comédie de la mort (1838) • Le Capitaine Fracasse (1863) ◊ Captain Fracasse (English) • Mademoiselle de Maupin (1835) • Ménagerie intime (1869) ◊ My Private Menagerie (English)…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Villeneuve-la-Garenne 1872 Oil on canvas, 59 x 80.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Impressionist painters turned repeatedly to the depiction of small provincial towns like Villeneuve-la-Garenne. This canvas comes from the early period of Impressionism and still retains…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Boulevard Héloïse, Argenteuil 1872 Oil on canvas, 39.5 x 59.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Boulevard Héloise, Argenteuil 1872 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven See also: • Boulevard Héloïse (Argenteuil)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Berthe Morisot au bouquet de violettes (Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets) 1872 Oil on canvas, 55.5 x 40.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Manet was profoundly marked by the Franco-Prussian war and the Commune, throughout which he…
(1828–1872) Albert Felix Justin de la Cour de Balleroy The artist’s works: La curée d’un lapin 1862 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Le débuché 1863 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Comte Albert de Balleroy in Art: Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Le Lièvre, d’après A. de Balleroy 1865 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl 1861–1863, 1872 Oil on canvas, 213 x 107.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington When Whistler submitted The White Girl to the Paris Salon in 1863, the tradition–bound…
(1872–1958) Henri & Amélie Matisse Madame Matisse in Art: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Femme au chapeau 1905 Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Raie verte, Madame Matisse 1905 Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le Madras Rouge…
(1872–1933) 30th President of the United States (1923–1929) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States