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Mountain Landscape with Bridge (c.1783-1784)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Mountain Landscape with Bridge c.1783–1784 Oil on canvas, 113 x 133.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A river winds through forest-green trees and vegetation between rolling hills and mountains extending into the deep distance under a pale,…

Lot and His Daughters (c.1496-1499)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Lot and His Daughters (reverse) c.1496–1499 Oil on panel, 52.4 x 42.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This scene is painted on the reverse side of Dürer‘s Madonna and Child. The story of Lot and his daughters…

La lecture (1873)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) La lecture (Reading) 1873 Oil on fabric, 46 x 71.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Impressionists were mostly men with a few notable exceptions, including Berthe Morisot. While Morisot‘s work includes many of the hallmarks of…

Intérieur au vase étrusque (1940)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur au vase étrusque (Interior with an Etruscan Vase) 1940 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 108 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland When Matisse‘s Blue Nude was shown in the 1913 Armory show, the violent, unnaturalistic colors and…

L’Appel (1902)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) L’Appel (The Call) 1902 Oil on fabric, 131.3 x 89.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Although known as one of the founders of modern art, Gauguin found inspiration in ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian art. The woman…

Te raau rahi (1891)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Te raau rahi (The Large Tree) 1891 Oil on fabric, 74 x 92.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Gauguin positions four women in a friezelike sequence seeking shelter under the dark green leaves of a large tree…

Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir (c.1782-1783)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir c.1782–1783 Oil on canvas, 70.5 x 91 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Gainsborough collected and was inspired by Dutch landscape painting. In a sketchy manner, Gainsborough convincingly singled out…

Le chant du berger (1891)

Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le chant du berger (The Shepherd’s Song) 1891 Oil on canvas, 104.5 x 109.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Puvis adapted this composition from a mural that he made for the Musée des Beaux-Arts…