Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Allies Day, May 1917 1917 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 76.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A patriotic whirlwind overtook mid–town Manhattan as America entered the First World War in the spring of 1917. On Fifth Avenue,…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Étude pour Rue de Paris, temps de pluie (Study for Paris Street, Rainy Day) 1877 Graphite, with touches of erasing and charcoal, on tan laid paper 30.2 x 46.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This preparatory drawing…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Rue de Paris, temps de pluie (Paris Street, Rainy Day) 1877 Oil on canvas, 212.2 x 276.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This complex intersection, just minutes away from the Saint-Lazare train station, represents in microcosm the changing…