Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Conversation à Arcachon (Conversation in Arcachon) 1926–1930 Oil on canvas, 56 x 48 cm Petit Palais, Paris Bonnard discovered the Mediterranean Sea and its “reflections as colourful as the light” in 1909, along with Manguin and Signac. From then…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Le Chenal de Gravelines, Petit Fort Philippe (The Channel of Gravelines, Petit Fort Philippe) 1890 Oil on canvas, 73 × 92.7 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis For this tranquil harbor scene in northern France, Seurat, leader of the…
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Entrée du port d’Honfleur (Entrance to the Port of Honfleur) 1899 Oil on canvas, 41.6 × 50.5 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Animating this harbor scene is the glowing arc of a rainbow. Painted in 1899, years after…
Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) La Voile jaune (The Yellow Sail) c.1905 Pastel on paper, 23 x 18-1/2 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Symbolist artist Odilon Redon created images that suggest mental states or spiritual realms rather than imitations of the visible world.…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Bords de l’Oise près de Pontoise (The Banks of the Oise near Pontoise) 1873 Oil on canvas, 38.1 cm × 55.2 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Pissarro’s landscape was painted at the dawn of the Impressionist era. Its…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Souvenir de Coubron (Souvenir of Coubron) 1872 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 55.7 cm Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest In the wake of the Paris Commune (1871), Corot visited a friend of his in Coubron, a doctor, with whom he…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Trois bateaux de pêche (Three Fishing Boats) 1886 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Throughout the life of Claude Monet, the movements of water, the ever-changing light and weather conditions of the sea…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Régate à Trouville (Regatta at Trouville) 1884 Oil on canvas, 60.3 × 73 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo In a view that seems like an uncomposed snapshot, summer villas hug the cliffs above the English Channel at Trouville,…
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Saint-Tropez c.1893 Oil and graphite on panel, 18.8 x 27.1 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Signac moved to St-Tropez in 1892. He was the first Parisian artist to settle in this remote Mediterranean fishing village. He sought ‘sky,…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Bateau au bord de la rivière (Boat by the Riverbank) c.1883 Oil on panel, 15 x 24 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This small study is one of some fourteen preparatory oil sketches for Georges Seurat’s first major…