Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) The Virgin and Child with a Monkey c.1498 Engraving, 19.05 x 12.07 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Albrecht Dürer’s prints are characterized by nearly ethereal transitions from dark to light. From the fineness of the monkey’s wiry fur…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Musique (Music) 1939 Oil on canvas, 115.25 x 115.25 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Music was a constant part of Henri Matisse’s life and an endless source of enjoyment and inspiration. He played the violin daily,…
Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Paysage (Landscape) 1871 Oil on panel, 38.1 x 67.2 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) La Ferme de Busagny à Osny (Busagny Farm, Osny) 1883 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 54.6 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence See also: • Osny (France)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Bassin d’Argenteuil (The Basin at Argenteuil) 1874 Oil on canvas, 55.2 x 74.3 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence See also: • Argenteuil (France)
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Les Grandes Baigneuses (Bathers) c.1894–1905 Oil on canvas, 127.2 x 196.1 cm National Gallery, London Around 200 of Cézanne’s works depict male and female nude bathers, either singly or in groups, in a landscape. The earliest dates from…
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Mermaid 1896 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 552.5 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Edvard Munch painted Mermaid during an extended stay in Paris in 1896–97, upon receiving a commission for a large-scale decorative work from Axel Heiberg, a…
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) La Calèche (Carriage) c.1881 Oil on panel, 32.4 × 23.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Conversation in a Park (Gainsborough and his wife?) c.1746–1748 Oil on canvas, 73 × 68 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris An early example of a conversation piece by Gainsborough. Often compared with Gainsborough‘s drawn portrait, from the same…
Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916) Paysage: jardin séparé par un mur d’une pelouse ombragée d’arbres (Landscape: Garden separated by a wall from a lawn shaded by trees) s.d. Watercolor, 19.7 × 29.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris