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La ferme (1855)

Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) La ferme (The Farm) 1855 Oil on canvas, 51.4 x 81.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Maisons à Vitebsk (1917)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Maisons à Vitebsk (Houses at Vitebsk) 1917 Oil on paper on canvas, 47.3 x 61.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Vitebsk (Belarus)

La lecture (1873)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La lecture (Reading) 1873 Oil on fabric, 46 x 71.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Impressionists were mostly men with a few notable exceptions, including Berthe Morisot. While Morisot‘s work includes many of the hallmarks of…

L’Appel (1902)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) L’Appel (The Call) 1902 Oil on fabric, 131.3 x 89.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Although known as one of the founders of modern art, Gauguin found inspiration in ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian art. The woman…

Te raau rahi (1891)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Te raau rahi (The Large Tree) 1891 Oil on fabric, 74 x 92.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Gauguin positions four women in a friezelike sequence seeking shelter under the dark green leaves of a large tree…

L’été (1891)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) L’été (Summer) 1891 Oil on fabric, 149.6 x 232.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Puvis de Chavannes was considered one of the foremost artists in France in the second half of the 1800, and was…

Cavalerie grecque au repos dans une forêt (1858)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Cavalerie grecque au repos dans une forêt (Greek Cavalry Men Resting in Forest) 1858 Oil on fabric, 50.4 x 61.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland A leading figure of the French Romantic movement, Delacroix painted traditional historical…