Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Les enfants du pêcheur (The Fisherman’s Children) 1867 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The special appeal of this rather small canvas is threefold: It combines a calm beach at low tide with an…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Linge (Laundry) 1875 Oil on canvas, 145.4 x 114.9 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia A woman washes linen in a flower-filled garden. A child to her right, as if eager to help, tugs at the pail of suds.…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Rue de la Bavole, Honfleur c.1864 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 61 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Dating from the beginning of Monet‘s career, this view of a street in the old port of Honfleur is a…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Camille Monet et un enfant dans le jardin de l’artiste à Argenteuil (Camille Monet and a Child in the Artist’s Garden in Argenteuil) 1875 Oil on canvas, 55.3 x 64.7 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Camille, Monet‘s…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Promenade (The Walk) 1875–1876 Oil on canvas, 170.2 x 108.3 cm The Frick Collection, New York A young woman shepherds a pair of identically dressed little sisters along the path of a well-maintained public park. All three…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Grands Boulevards (The Grands Boulevards) 1875 Oil on canvas, 52.1 × 63.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Perhaps Renoir‘s most famous view of Paris is this archetypical image of its newest and most fashionable district in…
Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954) Mis abuelos, mis padres y yo (My Grandparents, My Parents, and I) 1936 Oil and tempera on zinc, 30.7 x 34.5 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Le Wagon de troisième classe (The Third-Class Carriage) 1864 Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 90.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York As a graphic artist and painter, Daumier chronicled the impact of industrialization on modern urban life in…
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) La Blanchisseuse (The Laundress) 1863? Oil on oak, 48.9 x 33 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting depicts a subject visible from Daumier’s studio on the quai d’Anjou in Paris: laundresses returning from laundry boats…
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) La République (The Republic) 1848 Oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris