Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Celia Thaxter’s Garden, Isles of Shoals, Maine 1890 Oil on canvas, 45.1 x 54.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting is one of the finest of a series of works that Hassam made during summers…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Chemin de fer (The Railway, Gare Saint-Lazare) 1873 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 111.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Gare Saint-Lazare, in 1873 the largest and busiest train station in Paris, is unseen in this painting.…