Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Maison de La Crau (The Old Mill) (F 550, JH 1577) 1888 Oil on canvas, 64.77 x 53.975 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In February 1888, Vincent van Gogh left the cold, dreary winter in…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Massacre of the Innocents 1565–1567 Oil on wood, 115.5 x 164 cm Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu Compare: Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Massacre of the Innocents 1565–1567 Upton House and Gardens, England Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569)…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Adoration of the Kings in the Snow 1563 Tempera on panel, 35 x 55 cm Sammlung Oskar Reinhart “Am Römerholz”, Winterthur
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Tamise à Westminster (The Thames at Westminster) c.1871 Oil on canvas, 47 x 73 cm National Gallery, London Monet arrived in London in September 1870, fleeing from the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune, and stayed until May…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Christ jaune (The Yellow Christ) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92.07 x 73.34 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo The Symbolists, who emerged during the 1880s, were weary of modern society and sought escape from reality. They began to…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway 1844 Oil on canvas, 91 x 121.8 cm National Gallery, London A steam engine rushes towards us as it speeds along a bridge through the rain. The bridge…