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Vue du Crotoy en amont (1889)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Vue du Crotoy en amont (View of Le Crotoy from Upstream) 1889 Oil on canvas, 70.5 × 86.7 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Seurat‘s unique style of painting (called pointillism, divisionism, or neo-impressionism) was based on scientific…

La Maison natale de Millet à Gruchy (c.1863)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) La Maison natale de Millet à Gruchy (Millet’s Birthplace at Gruchy) c.1863 Pastel over crayon on paper, 31.2 x 45.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston See also: • Gruchy, Gréville-Hague (France)

Une laveuse au Quai d’Anjou (c.1860)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Une laveuse au Quai d’Anjou (Laundress on the Quai d’Anjou) c.1860 Oil on wood, 28.57 x 19.68 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Through light and shadow, Honoré Daumier empathetically responded to the effects of increasing industrialization in…

Rue de village à Marlotte (1866)

Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Rue de village à Marlotte (Village Street in Marlotte) 1866 Oil on canvas, 64.77 x 91.44 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Although Alfred Sisley is considered one of the key figures of Impressionism, he remained somewhat of…

Cupid as Link Boy (1774)

Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Cupid as Link Boy 1774 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 63.5 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Joshua Reynolds’s portrait transforms a sight common to the streets of eighteenth-century London—a child worker lighting torches—into an allegory. “Link boys,”…