Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Paysage avec Polyphème (Landscape with Polyphemus) 1649 Oil on canvas, 148.5 x 197.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Set into a Classical landscape are figures taken from Ovid’s Metamorphoses (13: 750-897). The one-eyed Cyclope Polyphemus fell in love with…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Régate à Trouville (Regatta at Trouville) 1884 Oil on canvas, 60.3 × 73 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo In a view that seems like an uncomposed snapshot, summer villas hug the cliffs above the English Channel at Trouville,…
Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) High Cliff, Coast of Maine 1894 Oil on canvas, 76.8 x 97.2 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington Winslow Homer was known for his robust depictions of nature. In High Cliff, Coast of Maine, the ocean wages a mighty…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Paysage avec des falaises rocheuses et une cascade (Landscape with Rocky Cliffs and a Waterfall) 1872 Oil on canvas, 61 x 73 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam At the time of the Hague School, the French painter Courbet enjoyed a…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Le Triomphe de Silène (The Triumph of Silenus) c.1636 Oil on canvas, 142.9 × 120.5 cm National Gallery, London This playful scene celebrates Silenus, companion to Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and drunkenness. Silenus, a naked old…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Plage en Normandie (Beach in Normandy) c.1872–1875 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 90.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Towering, sheer cliffs loom to our left, over a sunny beach scattered with boats in this horizontal landscape painting. The…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le Ruisseau du Puits Noir (The Stream of Puits Noir) s.d. Oil on panel, 55.3 x 46 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Juliette Courbet 1860 Oil on canvas, 127 x 100.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Gustave Courbet took a modern approach to portraiture in this seemingly unfinished painting. He depicted his sister Juliette in a frank and…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Sur la falaise (On the Cliff) 1873 Watercolor and gouache, 18 x 23 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The watercolor on display was executed in Fécamp in 1873, and represents Madame Pontillon and her daughter Jeanne. The following…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Les roches d’Étretat (The Cliffs at Étretat) 1866 Oil on canvas, 90.9 x 113.3 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa See also: • Étretat (France)