Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) L’étang dans la forêt (The Pond in the Forest) c.1867–1868 Oil on canvas, 33.5 x 41.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Degas‘ reputation as a painter of the modern human form had completely eclipsed that of the landscapist, and…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Les bois de Marly (The Woods at Marly) 1871 Oil on canvas, 45 x 55 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In June 1871 Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet returned to France from England, where they had taken refuge during…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Lise, La femme à l’ombrelle (Lise with a Parasol) 1867 Oil on canvas, 184 x 115.5 cm Museum Folkwang, Essen See also: • Forêt de Fontainebleau (France) | Tréhot, Lise (1848-1922)
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) L’Allée dans la forêt (Mother and Child under a Tree at Pont-Aven) 1886 Oil on canvas, 93 x 73.1 cm Pola Museum of Art, Hakone See also: • Pont-Aven (France)
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Nus dans la forêt (Nudes in the forest) 1909–1911 Oil on canvas, 120.5 × 170.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Distinctive cubist style Fernand Léger had trained as an architect, but soon switches to painting. He admires Paul…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Chiens de chasse et lièvre mort (Hunting Dogs with Dead Hare) 1857 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 148.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Set in a forest, two hunting dogs face off as they await…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Orphée ramenant Eurydice des enfers (Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld) 1861 Oil on canvas, 112.7 x 137.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le chêne Bodmer de la forêt de Fontainebleau (The Bodmer Oak, Fontainebleau Forest) 1865 Oil on canvas, 96.2 x 129.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Forest of Fontainebleau, south of Paris, became an artistic…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) La route dans les bois (The Road in the Woods) 1879 Oil on canvas, 46.3 x 55.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Le Rêve (The Dream) 1910 Oil on canvas, 204.5 x 298.5 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York “The woman asleep on the couch is dreaming she has been transported into the forest, listening to the sounds from the…