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Lever de lune (1877)

Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Lever la lune (Moonrise) 1877 Oil on panel, 40.3 x 67.9 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Lured by the tranquil waters of river-scapes, Charles-François Daubigny began to explore the river valleys outside Paris in the late 1850s from…

Jeunes filles de Sparte (1868-1870)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Jeunes filles de Sparte (Young Women of Sparta) 1868–1870 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 74.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Along with 42.196, this painting of a pale, contemplative young woman dressed in garments that conjure past times…

Marée montante à Pourville (1882)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Marée montante à Pourville (Rising Tide at Pourville) 1882 Oil on canvas, 66 x 81.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Inspired in part by Gustave Courbet’s marines of the 1860s, Claude Monet here conveys the choppy, windswept sea…

Les Vignes à Cagnes (1908)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Vignes à Cagnes (The Vineyards at Cagnes) 1908 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 55.2 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Here, Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicts a woman reading beneath an olive tree on his estate near Cagnes, in the…

La Noce (1905)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Noce (The Wedding) 1905 Oil on canvas, 163 x 114 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris

Petit nu bleu (c.1878-1879)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Petit nu bleu (Little Blue Nude) c.1878–1879 Oil on canvas, 46.35 x 38.1 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo During the late 1870s Pierre-Auguste Renoir began applying Impressionist theory to the rendering of the human figure—a process that…

Le matin en Provence (c.1900-1906)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Le matin en Provence (Morning in Provence) c.1900–1906 Oil on canvas, 81.28 x 63.18 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Paul Cézanne painted this light-filled landscape late in his life while living in his hometown of Aix-en-Provence. Cézanne…

L’église d’Eragny (1884)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) L’église d’Eragny (The Church at Eragny) 1884 Oil on canvas, 54 x 66.8 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See also: • Éragny-sur-Epte (France)