Tag: cloud

Automne (1888)

Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Automne (Autumn) 1888 Print, 65.40 x 50.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Inondation à Moret (1879)

Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Inondation à Moret (Flood at Moret) 1879 Oil on canvas, 54 x 71.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York In the 1870s, the Seine and its tributaries, including the Loing, were flooded several times as a consequence of increased…

The Bridge of Sighs (c.1903-1904)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) The Bridge of Sighs c.1903–1904 Watercolor on paper, 25.4 x 35.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Sargent used multiple techniques to create light and highlights in this work. The most obvious is the application of white impasto…

Paysage de Provence (c.1908)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Paysage de Provence (Landscape in Provence) c.1908 Oil on canvas, 32.2 x 40.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York See also: • Provence (France)

Lever de lune (1877)

Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Lever la lune (Moonrise) 1877 Oil on panel, 40.3 x 67.9 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Lured by the tranquil waters of river-scapes, Charles-François Daubigny began to explore the river valleys outside Paris in the late 1850s from…

Le Rocher isolé (c.1862)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le Rocher isolé (The Isolated Rock) c.1862 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 81.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Gustave Courbet’s paintings of the shorelines in Normandy portray the land as subject to continuous, if gradual, change. Here, he…

Jeunes filles de Sparte (1868-1870)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Jeunes filles de Sparte (Young Women of Sparta) 1868–1870 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 74.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Along with 42.196, this painting of a pale, contemplative young woman dressed in garments that conjure past times…

Le Havre, Le Port (1884)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Le Havre, Le Port (Le Havre, The Port) 1884 Oil on panel, 32.4 x 41.1 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York For Boudin, the sky—with its constant cloud motion and ever-changing light—proved a powerful source of inspiration throughout his…