Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Pont sur un étang de nymphéas (Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies) 1899 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 73.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In 1893, Monet, a passionate horticulturist, purchased land with a…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Enfant aux cheveux blonds (Child with Blond Hair) 1895–1900 Oil on canvas, 9.5 x 8.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le bleu rivière (Blue River) c.1890–1900 Oil on canvas, 7.7 x 9.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) New England Headlands 1899 Oil on canvas, 68.9 x 68.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This panoramic landscape depicts Gloucester, Massachusetts, one of Childe Hassam’s favorite destinations. During the summer months Gloucester was home to many artists,…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Pommes et oranges (Apples and Oranges) c.1899 Oil on canvas, 74 x 93 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Though Cézanne painted still life compositions from the start of his career, it was only in later years that this genre…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1899 Oil on canvas, 41.4 x 33.7 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Renoir presents himself in this self-portrait as a mature and confident man. He was in his late fifties and well-established as an artist; the flowered…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) George W. Vanderbilt 1897–1903 Oil on canvas, 208.6 x 91.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A close friend of Whistler, George Washington Vanderbilt II commissioned this full-length portrait in 1897 to hang in Biltmore House,…
(1899–1983) George Dewey Cukor Filmography as Director: Little Women 1933 Director: George Cukor Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett The Philadelphia Story 1940 Director: George Cukor Starring: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn Gaslight 1944 Director: George Cukor Starring: Charles Boyer, Ingrid…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Seine à Meudon (Outskirts of Paris) 1897–1905 Oil on fabric, 37.8 x 45.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Rousseau once said to Picasso: “We are the two greatest artists of this era, you in the Egyptian style,…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Le Navire dans la tempête (Boat in the Storm) c.1899 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris Was it the appeal of the voyage that prompted Rousseau to paint this ship? Except that this trip…