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Vue du village de Giverny (1886)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vue du village de Giverny (View of the village of Giverny) Oil on canvas, 65.8 x 81.9 cm 1886 Private collection In 1886, the year that Monet painted this lively view over the farmhouses and fields of Giverny,…

La Rue Saint-Lazare, temps lumineux (1893)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La Rue Saint-Lazare, temps lumineux (Rue Saint-Lazare, bright weather) 1893 Oil on canvas, 73.2 x 60.2 cm Private collection “He watches the flow of life move by, majestic and dazzling. He admires the eternal beauty and the astonishing…

Le Jardin de l’artiste à Argenteuil (1873)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Jardin de l’artiste à Argenteuil / Les Dahlias (The Artist’s Garden in Argenteuil, A Corner of the Garden with Dahlias) 1873 Oil on canvas, 61 x 82.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A bank of flowering bushes,…

Le Jardin de l’artiste à Vétheuil (1881)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Jardin de l’artiste à Vétheuil (The Artist’s Garden at Vétheuil) 1881 Oil on canvas, 151.5 x 121 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A small child stands facing us on a sun-dappled path that runs up the center…

Le Bohémien (1861-1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Bohémien (The Bohemian) 1861–1862, date of rework: 1867 Oil on canvas, 90.5 x 55.3 x 2.5 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi The pose of this young man with a bent wrist recalls Renaissance painting and endows the work with…

Claude Monet et Mme Henriot (1880)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Claude Monet et Mme Henriot 1880 Oil on canvas, 54.2 x 73 cm Private collection A leisurely Claude Monet and the stage actress Mme Henriette Henriot are the subjects of Renoir‘s plein-air composition of 1880. Renoir and Monet…

Maison de Renoir à Essoyes (1906)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Maison de Renoir à Essoyes (Renoir’s house at Essoyes) 1906 Oil on canvas, 33 x 41 cm Private collection See also: • Charigot, Aline (1859-1915) | Essoyes (France) | Maison de Renoir (Essoyes)

The Leaping Horse (1825)

Constable, John (1776-1837) The Leaping Horse 1825 Oil on canvas, 142 x 187.3 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London The barge lowers its sail, the rope slackens and the tow horse leaps the barrier on the path. John Constable depicts a scene…