Tag: landscape

Croquet Scene (1866)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Croquet Scene 1866 Oil on canvas, 40.3 × 66.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago One of America’s foremost painters, Winslow Homer began his career as an illustrator during the Civil War. In the late 1860s, he turned…

Northeaster (1895, 1901)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Northeaster 1895; reworked by 1901 Oil on canvas, 87.6 x 127 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York On the Maine coast, a “nor’easter” is a storm of exceptional violence and duration. When Homer first showed this canvas…

Dad’s Coming! (1873)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Dad’s Coming! 1873 Oil on wood, 22.9 x 34.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman holding a baby stands near a young boy who perches in the tipped-up end of a rowboat that has been pulled…

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…

The morning after the storm (c.1840-1845)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The morning after the storm c.1840–1845 Oil on canvas, 32.6 x 54.4 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff This seascape of 1840–45 and its companion picture, ‘The Storm‘, were apparently inspired by the great storm of 21…

St. Tropez (1918)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) St. Tropez 1918 Watercolour and charcoal on paper, 27.1 x 40.7 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • Saint-Tropez (France)

Vue du Parc Montsouris, Le Kiosque (c.1908-1910)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Vue du Parc Montsouris, Le Kiosque (View of the Montsouris Park, The Kiosk) c.1908–1910 Oil on canvas, 65.7 x 79.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Here we see a group of people strolling through the Parc Montsouris, one of four…