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La Proposition embarrassante (1715-1716)

Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Proposition embarrassante (Embarrasing Proposal) 1715–1716 Oil on canvas, 65 × 84.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Watteau was the first 18th-century French artist to create something totally new in his work, something previously unknown, in despite of the…

Le Savoyard et la Marmotte (1716)

Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Le Savoyard et la Marmotte (Savoyard with a Marmot) 1716 Oil on canvas, 40.5 × 32.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Antoine Watteau was one of the most brilliant artists of the early 18th century. His work gave rise…

La Vallée d’Ornans (1858)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Vallée d’Ornans (The Valley of Ornans) 1858 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 85.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Two disparate expanses of terrain – one infused with afternoon sunlight, the other in shadow – converge in…

Paysage avec un cheval (1899)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Paysage avec un cheval (Landscape with a Horse) 1899 Oil on burlap, 70.8 x 44.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis In this scene Paul Gauguin depicted a group of huts and a single wild horse against…

L’Escalier d’Auvers (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) L’Escalier d’Auvers (Stairway at Auvers) 1890 Oil on canvas, 50 × 70.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis The expressive, swirling lines of the foreground road move backward to the center of the composition and join the…

Vue de Bazincourt (1889)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Vue de Bazincourt (View of Bazincourt) 1889 Watercolor on cotton mounted to pulpboard, 20.5 x 25.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York SIGNATURE: Signed and dated lower center: “C. Pissarro. 1889.” INSCRIPTIONS: Inscribed lower left: “A mon cher Fred. Souvenir…

View in Suffolk (c.1755)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) View in Suffolk c.1755 Oil on canvas, 95.9 x 125.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis The sun-drenched river bank, an amorous couple, and a leisurely rider offer a variety of details that create an idyllic setting. This…

La Route de la colline, Vence (c.1924)

Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) La Route de la colline, Vence (The Road up the Hill) c.1924 Oil on canvas, 72.4 × 60 cm Tate Britain, London Soutine’s response to the South of France appears to have been intensely physical. In this work, the…