Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Danseuse verte, Danseuse basculant (Dancer in Green, Swaying Dancer) 1877–1879 Pastel and gouache on paper, 64 x 36 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Degas was fascinated by the world of ballet; hence, it figured prominently in many of his…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Bord de mer (Seaside, July: Specimen of a Portrait) 1878 Oil on fabric, 87.5 x 61 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland From 1869 to 1876, under the pseudonym Coïdé, Tissot published political cartoons in the British weekly…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Petite fille (Little Girl) 1878 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 38 cm National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) L’Île de la Grande Jatte (The Isle of La Grande Jatte) 1878 Oil on canvas, 56.3 x 74.5 cm Pola Museum of Art, Hakone
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Point du jour, La Seine à Paris (The Seine at Dawn) 1878 Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 65.5 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) George Moore au café (George Moore at the Café) 1878 or 1879 Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this unfinished portrait of 1878 or 1879, Manet depicts the Irish…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Jeanne Samary en pied (Portrait of Jeanne Samary Standing) 1878 Oil on canvas, 174 x 105 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Jeanne Samary was an actress at the Comedie-Francaise. This portrait of her is perhaps…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeanne Samary (Red Head) 1878 Oil on canvas, 19 x 17.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Samary, Jeanne (1857-1890)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Madame Charpentier et ses enfants (Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children) 1878 Oil on canvas, 153.7 x 190.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this commissioned portrait, as Marcel Proust observed, Renoir gave expression to…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Portrait d’Eugène Murer (Portrait of Eugène Murer) 1878 Oil on canvas, 64.4 x 54.3 cm D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield See also: • Murer, Eugène (1841-1906)