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Rue de Tahiti (1891)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Rue de Tahiti (Street in Tahiti) 1891 Oil on canvas, 115.5 x 88.5 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo The vibrant colors of Paul Gauguin’s painting express his intense reaction to the mysteries of the “new Eden” that…

Houses on a Riverbank (c.1794)

Constable, John (1776-1837) Houses on a Riverbank c.1794 Blue and grey wash over graphite, 14.1 x 17.6 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton The career of John Constable, one of Britain’s most iconic landscape painters, is represented here in its early stage.…

Pluie, Auvers (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Pluie, Auvers (Rain, Auvers) 1890 Oil on canvas, 50.3 x 100.2 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff The atmosphere recalls one of Van Gogh‘s favourite poems, Longfellow‘s ‘The Rainy Day’: ‘My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;…

Rue de village (c.1917)

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…

Le Barrage de François Zola (c.1879)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Le Barrage de François Zola (The François Zola Dam) c.1879 Oil on canvas, 54.2 x 74.2 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff The dam was designed by Italian-born engineer François Zola, the father of novelist Émile Zola. In 1885 this…