Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Along the Seine, Winter 1887 Oil on wood, 20.32 x 27.94 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas By 1886, Childe Hassam was enjoying artistic success with his atmospheric paintings of Boston street scenes. That same year he…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Le Moulin de la Galette (The Blute-Fin Windmill, Montmartre) c.1886–1887 Oil on paper on canvas, 61 x 50 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires See also: • Moulin de la Galette (Paris)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Femme au perroquet (Woman with a Parrot) 1866 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 195.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When this painting was shown in the Salon of 1866, some critics censured Courbet‘s “lack of…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Bal masqué à l’Opéra (Masked Ball at the Opera) 1873 Oil on canvas, 59.1 x 72.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Manet came from a well–to–do family, and this painting provides a glimpse of the sophisticated…
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…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Entombment c.1635–1639 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 68.9 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. The six paintings however do…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Intérieur après dîner (Interior, after Dinner) 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 65.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In a darkened room, two women sit at a round table near a man who stands leaning against…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Boulevard Montmartre, effet de nuit (The Boulevard Montmartre at Night) 1897 Oil on canvas, 53.3 x 64.8 cm National Gallery, London This painting is one of 14 views of the Boulevard Montmartre in Paris that Camille Pissarro painted…