Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Mosquito Nets 1908 Oil on canvas, 57.2 × 71.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Mosquito Nets is a beautiful example of Sargent’s ability to translate a momentary impression into a masterful composition. The picture represents the…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La lecture (Reading) c.1892 Oil on canvas, 55 x 65.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) La Liseuse (Young Girl Reading) c.1769 Oil on canvas, 81.1 x 64.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the lap up, a young woman with pale skin, wearing a goldenrod-yellow dress, sits reading a small book,…
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…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Vignes à Cagnes (The Vineyards at Cagnes) 1908 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 55.2 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Here, Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicts a woman reading beneath an olive tree on his estate near Cagnes, in the…
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Le Wagon de première classe (The First Class Carriage) 1864 Watercolor on paper, 20.5 x 30 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Printemps, La Liseuse (Spring, Woman reading) 1872 Oil on canvas, 50 x 65.5 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See also: • Argenteuil (France) | Doncieux, Camille (1847-1879)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Madame Monet (Portrait of Madame Monet) c.1874 Oil on canvas, 61.7 x 50.3 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown See also: • Doncieux, Camille (1847-1879)
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Thérèse lisant dans le parc de Méric (Thérèse reading in the park of Méric) 1867 Oil on canvas 92 x 59.2 cm Private collection The subject of this work was Bazille’s cousin and primary subject for many of…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) La Lecture interrompue (Interrupted Reading) c.1870 Oil on canvas mounted on board, 92.5 × 65.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Interrupted Reading is among the most compelling of Camille Corot’s late figure paintings. Corot almost never exhibited…