Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute, Venice 1843 Oil on canvas, 62 x 93 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Through a golden haze and across an expanse of gently rippling water dotted with…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Approach to Venice 1844 Oil on canvas, 62 x 94 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington When Approach to Venice was first exhibited in 1844, Joseph Mallord William Turner quoted Lord Byron in the catalog…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Rotterdam Ferry-Boat 1833 Oil on canvas, 92.3 x 122.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A passenger boat, its bright tan sails reflecting the sun, careens among choppy water with at least eight more sailboats…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Junction of the Thames and the Medway 1807 Oil on canvas, 108.8 x 143.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look across churning waves at four sailing ships and a wooden rowboat with…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Mortlake Terrace: Early Summer Morning 1826 Oil on canvas, 93 x 123.2 cm The Frick Collection, New York See also: • Mortlake Terrace (London)
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Mortlake Terrace 1827 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 122.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This painting, one of two views of Mortlake Terrace painted by Turner, is a view from the house, looking directly…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le Bateaux de pêche (The Fishing Boat) 1865 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Courbet painted this work during an intensely productive visit to Trouville with James McNeill Whistler from…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La mer calme (The Calm Sea) 1869 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 73 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Courbet painted this view looking out over the English Channel during a visit to Étretat along the…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La pêche (Fishing) c.1862–1863 Oil on canvas, 76.8 x 123.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Patterned after elements in landscapes by Peter Paul Rubens, the present painting gives currency to Delacroix‘s recommendation to Manet: “Look…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) En bateau (Boating) 1874 Oil on canvas, 97.2 x 130.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet summered at Gennevilliers in 1874, often spending time with Monet and Renoir across the Seine at Argenteuil, where Boating…