Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) The Dinner Horn 1870 Wood engraving, 35.2 x 23.2 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York A young woman sounds the call for the noonday meal for the men laboring in the distant field. The wind pulls her skirts outward behind…
O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Red Hills with the Pedernal 1936 Pastel on paper mounted to wood-pulp board, 54.6 x 69.2 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York The Pedernal is a flat-topped mountain that commands the Ghost Ranch landscape and is visible for miles…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Mother Combing Her Child’s Hair c.1901 Pastel on gray paper, 64.1 x 80.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Vue de Bazincourt (View of Bazincourt) 1889 Watercolor on cotton mounted to pulpboard, 20.5 x 25.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York SIGNATURE: Signed and dated lower center: “C. Pissarro. 1889.” INSCRIPTIONS: Inscribed lower left: “A mon cher Fred. Souvenir…
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Nadar élevant la Photographie à la hauteur de l’Art (Nadar elevating Photography to the height of Art) 1862 Lithograph on newsprint, 33.7 x 24.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York See also: • Nadar (1820-1910)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Les Cyprès (Cypresses) 1889 Brown ink and graphite on paper, 61.9 x 47.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York This drawing dates from Vincent van Gogh’s 1889 stay at a psychiatric asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, during a period when…
Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Rue Norvins, Paris 1918 Oil on cardboard mounted on panel, 53.5 x 64 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Compare: Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) La Rue Norvins à Montmartre c.1910–1912 Private collection See also: • Montmartre | Paris (France) | Rue Norvins
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Femme fumant une cigarette (Woman Smoking a Cigarette) 1890 Oil, watercolor, and graphite over charcoal on paper board, 47 x 29.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Around 1890 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec produced a number of works depicting…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) La présentation de Jésus au Temple (The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple) 1886–1894 Watercolor on paper, 22.2 x 15.2 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Forty days after the birth of Jesus, the Holy Family travels to Jerusalem…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Inondation à Moret (Flood at Moret) 1879 Oil on canvas, 54 x 71.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York In the 1870s, the Seine and its tributaries, including the Loing, were flooded several times as a consequence of increased…