De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Little Sea Maid 1880–1888 Oil on canvas, 100.2 x 73.4 cm De Morgan Collection Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid (1855), which is the much loved story of the Sea King’s daughter who rescues…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) The Seashore 1883–1885 Oil on thin board, 8.26 x 15.24 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Pigments almost the sheerness of a glaze stroked subtly onto the surface of a panel is a hallmark of…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Roses 1884 Oil on canvas, 38.4 x 32.9 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La Fille de l’artiste, Julie, avec sa nounou (The Artist’s Daughter, Julie, with her Nanny) c.1884 Oil on canvas, 57.15 x 71.12 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Berthe Morisot’s daughter, Julie Manet, watches closely as her…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Conversation à l’hippodrome (Conversation at the Racetrack) 1882–1885 Pastel on tan paper, 69.53 x 70.01 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Head of a Peasant Woman 1884 Oil on canvas, 43.8 x 34.6 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Vincent van Gogh always felt deep sympathy for the peasant classes and here tenderly depicted the full, sunburnt features…
Nadar (1820-1910) Émile Zola 1876–1884 Woodburytype, 23.4 x 17.78 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles See also: • Zola, Émile (1840-1902)
Nadar (1820-1910) Alexandre Dumas fils 1875–1885 Albumen silver print, 37.5 × 27.9 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles See also: • Dumas, Alexandre (1824-1895)
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Tigresse et ses petits (Tiger and Cubs) c.1884 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 91.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gérôme attributed the success of his animal paintings to his early studies at the menagerie of the…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Café Maison, Le Caire; la coulée balles (Cafe House, Cairo; Casting Bullets) 1884 or earlier Oil on canvas, 54.6 x 62.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York While two mercenaries cast bullets and a third, seated behind them,…