Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) A Woodland Road with Travelers 1607 Oil on wood, 46 x 83.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Jan, who was born shortly before the death of his famous father, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, advanced…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Landscape with Travelers on a Woodland Path c.1607 Oil on copper, 9.5 x 15.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Working on copper, Brueghel created small and jewel-like paintings defined by vivid color and anecdotal detail.…
Astruc, Zacharie (1833-1907) Paysage avec chariot et meules de foin (Landscape with Wagon and Haystacks) c.1869–1870 Watercolor, 13.6 x 16.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Les Cyprès (Cypresses) 1889 Brown ink and graphite on paper, 61.9 x 47.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York This drawing dates from Vincent van Gogh’s 1889 stay at a psychiatric asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, during a period when…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Inondation à Moret (Flood at Moret) 1879 Oil on canvas, 54 x 71.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York In the 1870s, the Seine and its tributaries, including the Loing, were flooded several times as a consequence of increased…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Paysage de Provence (Landscape in Provence) c.1908 Oil on canvas, 32.2 x 40.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York See also: • Provence (France)
Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Lever la lune (Moonrise) 1877 Oil on panel, 40.3 x 67.9 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Lured by the tranquil waters of river-scapes, Charles-François Daubigny began to explore the river valleys outside Paris in the late 1850s from…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le Rocher isolé (The Isolated Rock) c.1862 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 81.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Gustave Courbet’s paintings of the shorelines in Normandy portray the land as subject to continuous, if gradual, change. Here, he…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Jeunes filles de Sparte (Young Women of Sparta) 1868–1870 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 74.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Along with 42.196, this painting of a pale, contemplative young woman dressed in garments that conjure past times…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) La Seine et le pont du chemin de fer d’Argenteuil (The Seine and the Railroad Bridge at Argenteuil) 1885 or 1887 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 154.9 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York For Gustave Caillebotte the suburban town…