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La Seine aux Andelys (1886)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) La Seine aux Andelys (The Seine at Les Andelys) 1886 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 64.8 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena See also: • Les Andelys (France)

Lavandières au bord de la Seine aux Andelys (c.1897)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Lavandières au bord de la Seine aux Andelys (Washerwomen by the Seine at Les Andelys) c.1897 Color lithograph, 30.2 × 45.5 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia In the 1890s Signac and his colleagues challenged the methods of the Impressionists…

Le fils prodigue (c.1879)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue (The Prodigal Son) c.1879 Oil on linen, 106.5 x 146.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le fils prodigue 1879 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton     Puvis de…

Fête des fleurs (1923)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Fête des fleurs (Festival of Flowers, Nice) 1923 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 92.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland While living in Nice after World War I, Matisse adopted a more relaxed style saturated with the warm…

Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir (c.1782-1783)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir c.1782–1783 Oil on canvas, 70.5 x 91 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Gainsborough collected and was inspired by Dutch landscape painting. In a sketchy manner, Gainsborough convincingly singled out…

Étang à Ville-d’Avray (late 1860s)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Étang à Ville-d’Avray (Pond at Ville-d’Avray) late 1860s Oil on fabric, 58.1 x 99.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The dreamlike quality of the painting reflects Corot’s desire to reproduce the “first Impression” of the landscape. Corot…

The Rabbit Hunt (1560)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Rabbit Hunt 1560 Etching, 22.1 x 29 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In this etching considered the artist’s only autograph print, Pieter Bruegel the Elder replicated the graphic vocabulary of dots and dashes of…