Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Croquet Scene 1866 Oil on canvas, 40.3 × 66.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago One of America’s foremost painters, Winslow Homer began his career as an illustrator during the Civil War. In the late 1860s, he turned…
Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Dad’s Coming! 1873 Oil on wood, 22.9 x 34.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman holding a baby stands near a young boy who perches in the tipped-up end of a rowboat that has been pulled…
Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Rue de village (Village street) c.1917 Oil on canvas, 53 x 76.6 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff This view of around 1917 depicts the suburb of Sannois in the north-west of Paris, an area which the artist painted repeatedly…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Vue du Parc Montsouris, Le Kiosque (View of the Montsouris Park, The Kiosk) c.1908–1910 Oil on canvas, 66 x 80 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Here we see a group of people strolling through the Parc Montsouris, one of four…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Femme et enfant dans le jardin de Bougival (Woman and child in the garden at Bougival) 1882 Oil on canvas, 60.1 x 73.3 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Art critic Gustave Geffroy said ‘no one represents Impressionism with…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Printemps (Spring) 1881 Oil on canvas, 74 x 51.5 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles A chic young woman in a day dress with floral accents holds a parasol against a background of exuberant foliage. She looks straight…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Santa Margarita de Antioquía (Saint Margaret of Antioch) 1630–1634 Oil on canvas, 163 × 105 cm National Gallery, London The fourth-century saint Margaret was said to come from the city of Antioch. Her father, a pagan priest, cast…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) La Cheminée, reverse (The Mantelpiece, reverse) 1905 Oil on cardboard, 51.4 × 77.5 cm National Gallery, London Obverse: Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) La Cheminée 1905 National Gallery, London