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Le Pont Neuf à Paris (1872)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Pont Neuf à Paris 1872 Oil on canvas, 75.3 x 93.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington While his figure paintings are better known, Renoir‘s landscapes resonate with a vigor and freshness of vision central to…

Baie de Naples au matin (1881)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Baie de Naples au matin (The Bay of Naples) 1881 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The corner of the balcony visible at lower left in this composition indicates Renoir’s…

Apollo and Aurora (1671)

Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Apollo and Aurora 1671 Oil on canvas, 204.5 x 193.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Largely forgotten today, De Lairesse was celebrated in his lifetime as a painter and advocate for an idealizing manner based…

Clearing Sunset (1890)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Clearing Sunset (Corner of Berkeley Street and Columbus Avenue) 1890 Oil on canvas Private collection See also: • Berkeley Street (Boston) | Columbus Avenue (Boston)

Rainy Day, Boston (1885)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Rainy Day, Boston 1885 Oil on canvas, 66.3 x 122 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo “I am never tired of observing [people] in every-day life…. Humanity in motion is a constant study to me.” —Childe Hassam…

Columbus Avenue, Rainy Day (1885)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Columbus Avenue, Rainy Day 1885 Oil on canvas. 43.5 x 53.7 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Reflections glinting off carriage wheels and the rain-slickened pavement add vibrancy to this scene of a wet day along Boston’s busy Columbus…

New York Street (1902)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) New York Street 1902 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 49.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago After studying painting in Paris, Childe Hassam applied the techniques of French Impressionism to his views of American cities and landscapes. While…

Charles River and Beacon Hill (c.1892)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Charles River and Beacon Hill c.1892 Oil on canvas, 40.96 x 45.72 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston In Charles River and Beacon Hill Hassam employed the radical compositional effects that he had seen in French painting to…