Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Nocturne: blue and gold, St. Mark’s, Venice 1880 Oil on canvas, 75.4 x 90.5 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Following his bankruptcy in 1879, Whistler spent a year in Venice where he concentrated on etchings and…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Pluie, Auvers (Rain, Auvers) 1890 Oil on canvas, 50.3 x 100.2 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff The atmosphere recalls one of Van Gogh‘s favourite poems, Longfellow‘s ‘The Rainy Day’: ‘My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;…
Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Rue de village (Village street) c.1917 Oil on canvas, 53 x 76.6 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff This view of around 1917 depicts the suburb of Sannois in the north-west of Paris, an area which the artist painted repeatedly…
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) St. Tropez 1918 Watercolour and charcoal on paper, 27.1 x 40.7 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • Saint-Tropez (France)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Coucher de soleil, le Port de Rouen, bateaux à vapeur (Sunset, the Port of Rouen, Steamboats) 1898 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81.1 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff In 1884 Pissarro moved to Eragny, east of Rouen. This composition…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Pont Neuf, effet de neige (Pont Neuf, Snow Effect, 2nd series) 1902 Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 65.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Between December 1900 and his death Pissarro lodged intermittently at 28 Place Dauphine on…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Femme et enfant dans le jardin de Bougival (Woman and child in the garden at Bougival) 1882 Oil on canvas, 60.1 x 73.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Art critic Gustave Geffroy said ‘no one represents Impressionism with…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Cathédrale de Rouen, soleil couchant (Rouen Cathedral, setting sun; symphony in grey and black) 1892–1894 Oil on canvas, 100 x 65 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Working from the window of a milliner’s shop overlooking its facade, Monet…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Charing Cross Bridge 1902 Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 81.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Monet‘s Thames series was begun in the autumn of 1899 and the winter of 1900–01, from a fifth floor balcony of the Savoy…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) San Giorgio Maggiore, crépuscule (San Giorgio Maggiore, Twilight) 1908 Oil on canvas, 65.2 x 92.4 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff A view of the monastery island of San Giorgio, painted from the south-eastern end of Venice. On the right…