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…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Deauville 1893 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 74.2 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London A native of Normandy, Eugène Boudin made his name depicting fashionable Parisian visitors at its seaside resorts. Later in his career, he turned to painting…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Eugène Manet à l’Ile de Wight (Eugène Manet on the Isle of Wight) 1875 Oil on canvas, 38 × 46 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris On December 22, 1874, Berthe Morisot married Eugène Manet at the Church of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-de-Passy…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Vue du pont Clichy à Asnières (View of Clichy Bridge at Asnières) 1900–1902 Oil on canvas, 44 × 40 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This colorful landscape is a study for a larger work that depicts vehicles for flight, including…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Seine à Argenteuil (The Seine at Argenteuil) 1888 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia In 1888, Renoir spent a leisurely as well as productive summer at the home of the impressionist artist and patron…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Pont de Charing Cross, Londres (Charing Cross Bridge, London) 1890 Oil on canvas, 60 x 90 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Charing Cross Bridge (London) | Palace of Westminster (London)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Sainte-Adresse 1867 Oil on canvas, 57 × 80 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In June 1867, at the urging of his father, Claude Monet went to Sainte-Adresse, a popular resort town on the Normandy coast, for an extended…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Le lac de Terni, Souvenir d’Italie (The Moored Boatman: Souvenir of an Italian Lake) 1861 Oil on canvas, 60.96 × 90.17 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Terni (Italia)
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) La Seine à Paris (The Seine River in Paris) 1883 Oil on canvas, 35.56 × 27.94 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas See also: • Paris (France)