Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Junction of the Thames and the Medway 1807 Oil on canvas, 108.8 x 143.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look across churning waves at four sailing ships and a wooden rowboat with…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le torero mort (The Dead Toreador) probably 1864 Oil on canvas, 75.9 x 153.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington From a low perspective, we look at a man wearing black and white, lying on the ground…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Pont Neuf à Paris 1872 Oil on canvas, 75.3 x 93.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington While his figure paintings are better known, Renoir‘s landscapes resonate with a vigor and freshness of vision central to…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Régates à Argenteuil (Regatta at Argenteuil) 1874 Oil on canvas, 32.4 x 45.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: Argenteuil (France)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Standard Bearer, Floris Soop 1654 Oil on canvas, 140.3 x 114.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The flag, the plume in the hat, and the tooled leather baldric (sword-belt) indicate that the figure is an ensign…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Avenue of the Allies, Great Britain 1918 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 72.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The only major American Impressionist to depict the home front during World War I, Hassam produced his Flag…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Avenue of the Allies: Brazil, Belgium 1918 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 61.75 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles The Preparedness Parade down Fifth Avenue in New York on May 13, 1916, demonstrated America’s readiness…
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,…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La Plage à Trouville (Beach at Trouville) 1888 Oil on panel, 14.3 x 23.8 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Boudin’s beach scenes provide a charming record of resort fashion through the decades. Here the wide crinolines of the…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Trouville, la jetée, marée basse (Trouville, Jetty, Low Tide) 1883–1887 Oil on wood, 23.5 x 32.5 cm Bührle Collection, Zürich See also: • Trouville-sur-Mer (France)