Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Sainte-Adresse 1867 Oil on canvas, 57 × 80 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In June 1867, at the urging of his father, Claude Monet went to Sainte-Adresse, a popular resort town on the Normandy coast, for an extended…
Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Dressing for the Carnival 1877 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 76.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this painting Homer evoked the dislocation and endurance of African American culture that is a legacy of slavery—specifically the Jonkonnu…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Los segadores (The Harvesters) 1907 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Sucesión Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid Like other painters in his circle, Picasso was keen to find new techniques that would enable him to handle…
Kandinsky, Wassily (1866-1944) Munich (München) c.1901–1902 Oil on canvas board, 23.8 x 32.1 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Although known for his groundbreaking abstract experiments in painting, Vasily Kandinsky’s early paintings capture his days as a representational artist. After moving to Munich…
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Summer Night (Sommernatt) 1902 Oil on canvas, 115.5 by 101.5 cm Private collection “A landscape will alter according to the mood of the person who sees it, and in order to represent that particular scene, the artist will…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Jardin de Pissarro, quai du Pothuis à Pontoise (Pissarro’s Garden, Quai du Pothuis in Pontoise) 1881 Oil on canvas, 66 x 54.4 cm Private collection Verso: Deux esquisses d’autoportrait Esquisse d’autoportrait I (Self-portrait sketch 1) Esquisse d’autoportrait…
Butler, Theodore Earl (1861-1936) La Maison Bleue de Claude Monet à Giverny (Claude Monet’s Blue House in Giverny) 1924 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 45.7 cm Private collection Theodore Earl Butler’s La Maison Bleue de Claude Monet à Giverny captures the…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Drame au village, Pont-Aven (Drama in the village, Pont-Aven) 1894 Oil on canvas, 73.4 x 93 cm Private collection A dream-like, symbolic scene in sultry, evocative hues, Paul Gauguin’s Drame au village, Pont-Aven epitomizes the artist’s fascination with…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Yole (The Skiff) 1875 Oil on canvas, 71 × 92 cm National Gallery, London We are probably looking at the river Seine near Chatou (some ten miles west of central Paris), although the exact site has not been…
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