Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Femme au balcon (Woman at a Balcony) 1887–1888 Oil on canvas, 50.2 × 41.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Seen from below as if from street level and posed seductively in a revealing costume, this woman is…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Quai du Pothuis, Pontoise (The Little Bridge, Pontoise) 1868 Oil on canvas, 52 x 81 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim See also: • Pontoise (France)
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) On the Balcony 1873 Oil on canvas, 101 × 82.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La soeur de l’artiste à la fenêtre (The Artist’s Sister at a Window) 1869 Oil on canvas, 54.8 x 46.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman with pale peach skin and light brown hair sits…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Fête des fleurs (Festival of Flowers, Nice) 1923 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 92.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland While living in Nice after World War I, Matisse adopted a more relaxed style saturated with the warm…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio: Un palazzo con cortile sulla laguna (Capriccio: A Palace with a Courtyard by the Lagoon) c.1750–1755 Pen, ink and brush on paper, 26.9 x 42.1 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Privileged young Europeans embarking on the Grand…
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) A Street in Venice c.1880–1882 Oil on canvas, 75.1 x 52.4 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown See also: • Venezia (Italia)
Canaletto (1697-1768) Bacino di San Marco dalla Piazzetta (Bacino di San Marco from the Piazzetta) c.1750 Oil on canvas, 131.4 x 163.2 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Compare: Canaletto (1697-1768) Il Bacino di San Marco dalla Piazzetta c.1735 Art Gallery…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Il Bacino di San Marco dalla Piazzetta (The Bacino di San Marco, from the Piazzetta) c.1735 Oil on canvas, 48.8 × 81.8 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Compare: Canaletto (1697-1768) Bacino di San Marco dalla Piazzetta c.1750 National…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur à Nice (Interior at Nice) 1919–1920 Oil on canvas, 131.5 × 90.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Beginning in 1917, Henri Matisse spent most winters in Nice, on the Mediterranean coast. He often stayed at the…