Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) The Day Dream 1880 Oil on canvas, 158.7 × 92.7 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London The sitter for this painting was Jane Morris, the wife of William Morris, who often posed for Rossetti. At the time this…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Portrait de Madame de Pompadour (Portrait of Madame Pompadour) 1758 Oil on canvas, 57.8 × 52.4 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London François Boucher (1703-1770) was born in Paris and probably received his first artistic training from his father…
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) La Carmencita 1890 Oil on canvas, 73 x 50.2 cm Private collection Compare: Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) La Carmencita 1890 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) La Carmencita c.1890 Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • La…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Pot de fleurs et fruits (Pot of Flowers and Fruit) c.1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 46 x 56.25 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London The commonplace objects in this deceptively simple still life allow Paul Cézanne to set himself a…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vase de fleurs (Vase of Flowers) 1881 Oil on canvas, 100.4 x 81.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In the early 1880s, Claude Monet focused on painting ambitious floral still lifes. This lavish bouquet of mallows (a wild…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Printemps, Chatou (Spring, Chatou) c.1873 Oil on canvas, 59.6 x 73.7 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London The patch of water glimpsed through the trees on the left is the only feature linking this idyllic scene with Chatou. The…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Peach Trees in Blossom 1889 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London F 514, JH 1681 Vincent van Gogh captured this view of an open plain outside Arles in early spring 1889. He…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Eugène Manet à l’Ile de Wight (Eugène Manet on the Isle of Wight) 1875 Oil on canvas, 38 × 46 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris On December 22, 1874, Berthe Morisot married Eugène Manet at the Church of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-de-Passy…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nature morte aux fleurs et aux fruits (Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) c.1889 Oil on canvas, 99.7 × 140.3 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Pont japonais, Giverny (Japanese Footbridge, Giverny) 1895 Oil on canvas, 78.7 × 97.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia This canvas—one of Claude Monet’s first attempts to capture his garden in paint—derives its composition and vivid hues from the…