Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Garçon à la veste bleue (The Boy) 1919 Oil on canvas, 92.1 × 60.3 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Utilizing the expressive potential of the human face and figure in a highly individual way, Modigliani painted the colorful…
Constable, John (1776-1837) The Cornfield c.1816 Oil on canvas, 12-7/16 x 9-3/4 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis This small oil sketch was made by Constable as a preparatory study for a painting he referred to as “The Drinking Boy.” The loosely painted…
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Charles I and his Son in the Studio of Van Dyck 1849 Oil on wood, 15.9 x 11.4 cm Tate Britain, London See also: • Charles I (England) | Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641)
Tissot, James (1836-1902) London Visitors 1874 Oil on canvas, 87 x 62.87 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Standing underneath the portico of the newly constructed National Gallery in London, with the church of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields framed behind them, a fashionably dressed couple…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Bords de la Seine à Argenteuil (Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil) 1874 Oil on canvas, 62.3 x 103 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This work is one of Édouard Manet’s most vivid experiments in painting outdoors, inspired…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean-Pierre Hoschedé et Michel Monet au bord de l’Epte (Jean-Pierre Hoschedé and Michel Monet on the Bank of the Epte) c.1887–1890 Oil on canvas, 76 x 96.5 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Monet’s son Michel and stepson Jean-Pierre…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Jardin de l’artiste à Vétheuil (The Artist’s Garden at Vétheuil) 1881 Oil on canvas, 151.5 x 121 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A small child stands facing us on a sun-dappled path that runs up the center…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le déjeuner (The Luncheon) 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 231.5 x 151 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt Art history would probably have taken a different course if the jury of the Paris Salon had not turned down this painting by Monet…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Les Enfants luttant (Children Wrestling) 1888 Oil on canvas, 93 x 73 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi Gauguin (1848–1903) discovered Japanese prints in 1887 through Vincent van Gogh. In 1888, for this Breton wrestling match, he adopted the aesthetic of…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Promenade avec le pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil (The Promenade with the Railroad Bridge, Argenteuil) 1874 Oil on canvas, 53.7 x 72.1 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis This work was painted in the year…