Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) 1883–1884 Oil on canvas, 208.6 x 109.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Madame Pierre Gautreau (the Louisiana-born Virginie Amélie Avegno; 1859–1915) was known in Paris for her artful appearance.…
Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Ballerina = Elica = Mare (Dancer = Propeller = Sea) 1915 Oil on canvas, 75.2 x 78.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Like other artists associated with Italian Futurism, Severini was fascinated by the interactions…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Femme lisant (A Woman Reading) 1869–1870 Oil on canvas, 54.3 × 37.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When the seventy-two-year-old Corot showed A Woman Reading at the Salon of 1869, the critic Théophile Gautier praised…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Île aux Orties près de Vernon (Île aux Orties near Vernon) 1897 Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 92.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Île aux Orties (Island of Nettles) is situated not far from…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Île aux Fleurs près de Vétheuil (Île aux Fleurs near Vétheuil) 1880 Oil on canvas, 66 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is one of two views of the Île aux Fleurs, an…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Champs de coquelicots près d’Argenteuil (Poppy Fields near Argenteuil) 1875 Oil on canvas, 54 x 73.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work is one of four similar views of the plain of Gennevilliers, just…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vue de Vétheuil (View of Vétheuil) 1880 Oil on canvas, 80 x 60.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The footpath winding through the poppy field at bottom right points the way toward the church tower…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vétheuil en été (Vétheuil in Summer) 1880 Oil on canvas, 60 x 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this view of Vétheuil, seen from the opposite bank of the Seine, the flicker of individual…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Seine à Vétheuil (The Seine at Vétheuil) 1880 Oil on canvas, 60.3 x 100.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Monet experimented with a variety of brushstrokes and simplified, horizontal forms in order to evoke…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean Monet sur son cheval cheval de bois (Jean Monet on His Hobby Horse) 1872 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 74.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Monet painted this picture of his elder son, Jean,…