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Le Bain de Vénus (1751)

Boucher, François (1703-1770) Le Bain de Vénus (The Bath of Venus) 1751 Oil on canvas, 107 x 84.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In Enlightenment France the dedicated search to define truth engendered a re–evaluation of the natural. The belief that…

Matinée sur la Seine (1896)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Matinée sur la Seine (Morning on the Seine) 1896 Oil on canvas, 89.2 x 92.4 cm Private collection “When you go out to paint try to forget what objects you have before you, a tree, a house, a…

Lake George with White Birch (1921)

O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Lake George with White Birch 1921 Oil on canvas, 64.7 x 54 cm Private collection “The weather continues beyond description. No 2 moments is the landscape the same. Georgia is putting experiences to paint…A new note. Quite extraordinary.…

Le Jardin de Pissarro, quai du Pothuis à Pontoise (1881)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Jardin de Pissarro, quai du Pothuis à Pontoise (Pissarro’s Garden, Quai du Pothuis in Pontoise) 1881 Oil on canvas, 66 x 54.4 cm Private collection Verso: Deux esquisses d’autoportrait Esquisse d’autoportrait I (Self-portrait sketch 1) Esquisse d’autoportrait…

Place de la Trinité (1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Place de la Trinité 1875 Oil on canvas, 50 x 62 cm Private collection Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Place de la Trinité c.1878 Private collection     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Square de la Trinité 1878–1879 Private collection     See…

Place de la Trinité (c.1878)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Place de la Trinité (Trinity Square) c.1878 Oil on canvas, 51 x 62.7 cm Private collection Painted circa 1878, Place de la Trinité represents the height of Renoir’s engagement with Impressionism and emphasizes the importance of his unique…

Route de Monte-Carlo (1883)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Route de Monte-Carlo (Monte Carlo Road) 1883 Oil on canvas, 65.7 x 80.6 cm Private collection Route de Monte Carlo represents the triumphant apex of Claude Monet’s seminal series of works produced as part of his excursion to…

La Maison Bleue de Claude Monet à Giverny (1924)

Butler, Theodore Earl (1861-1936) La Maison Bleue de Claude Monet à Giverny (Claude Monet’s Blue House in Giverny) 1924 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 45.7 cm Private collection Theodore Earl Butler’s La Maison Bleue de Claude Monet à Giverny captures the…