Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La récolte des betteraves (The Beet Harvest) 1881 Gouache over graphite [?] on linen, 25.72 x 37.78 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis French Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro was an avowed anarchist who strongly opposed the existing social and…
Hoschedé Monet, Blanche (1865-1947) Paysage, effet de neige, le Val près de Giverny (Landscape, Snow Effect; The Valley near Giverny) 1888 Oil on canvas, 64.1 × 90.8 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Blanche Hoschedé-Monet began painting at the age of…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Meule, soleil dans la brume (Grainstack, Sun in the Mist) 1891 Oil on canvas, 60 x 100.3 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis In the late 1880s, Claude Monet analyzed visual perception by representing the same subject under varying…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Pont japonais (The Japanese Bridge) c.1923–1925 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 116.21 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis In 1883, Claude Monet moved to Giverny, about forty miles northwest of Paris. For the rest of his life, he…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of a Judge c.1620 Oil on canvas, 117 x 98 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris With its two influences—that of the Antwerp tradition complemented by the Venetian influence—this splendid portrait of a magistrate could only have been executed…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna in trono col Bambino (Madonna Enthroned with Child) 1510 Oil on wood panel, 131 x 103 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris The composition is highly structured and the various planes create a sense of depth. The Virgin is seated…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1470 Oil on wood, 61 x 41 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris The position of the infant Jesus in the work by Perugino is similar to that in the painting by Botticelli. This is explained…
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) 1430–1435 Oil on wood panel, 131 x 103 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris The painting on wood by Paolo Uccello represents Saint George running the dragon through with his lance,…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Paysage avec Polyphème (Landscape with Polyphemus) 1649 Oil on canvas, 148.5 x 197.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Set into a Classical landscape are figures taken from Ovid’s Metamorphoses (13: 750-897). The one-eyed Cyclope Polyphemus fell in love with…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Régate à Trouville (Regatta at Trouville) 1884 Oil on canvas, 60.3 × 73 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo In a view that seems like an uncomposed snapshot, summer villas hug the cliffs above the English Channel at Trouville,…