Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Environs de Pont-Aven (Outskirts of Pont-Aven) c.1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 65 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In the late 1880s, Pierre-Auguste Renoir made several visits to Pont-Aven, an artists’ colony in Brittany where Paul Gauguin…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La maison du péage (The Toll Gate) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 40.6 x 32.75 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This is the only known painting in which the amateur artist Henri Rousseau referenced his employment as a tax…
Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) La Seine à Paris, Pont du Carrousel (The Seine in Paris, Pont du Carrousel) 1922 Oil on canvas, 57 x 47 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This view from Pont Royal looks towards Pont du Carrousel, one of…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Bateau au bord de la rivière (Boat by the Riverbank) c.1883 Oil on panel, 15 x 24 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This small study is one of some fourteen preparatory oil sketches for Georges Seurat’s first major…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) La Neige à Louveciennes (Snow at Louveciennes) c.1874 Oil on canvas, 46.3 x 55.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Louveciennes lies about sixteen kilometres west of Paris. Sisley painted many views of and around this village in the…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Antibes 1888 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 92.4 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In early 1888, Claude Monet travelled to the south of France where he spent several months capturing the intense colours and atmosphere of the Mediterranean.…
Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Rue à Sannois (Street in Sannois) c.1912 Oil on canvas, 54 x 81 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Maurice Utrillo is known for his depictions of Paris and its outskirts, in which figures are often incidental or completely…
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…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Cours d’eau sous les Arbres (Stream in a Wood) c.1873 Oil on canvas, 30.5 x 26 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Bords de la Seine à Argenteuil (Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil) 1874 Oil on canvas, 62.3 x 103 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This work is one of Édouard Manet’s most vivid experiments in painting outdoors, inspired…