Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Les Baigneuses (Bathers) 1854 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 79.4 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford At the height of his career, Eugène Delacroix was challenged by a patron in 1854 to paint a scene of female bathers in a forest…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Ritratto di una nobildonna e suo figlio (Portrait of a Noblewoman and her Son) 1574 Oil on panel, 110.5 x 87 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) L’église de Vernon (The Church at Vernon) 1883 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81.4 cm Private collection “One day, when I happened to be in Vernon, I found the silhouette of the church so remarkable that I absolutely…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Nymphéas (Water Lilies) 1907 Oil on canvas, 81 x 92 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Quattro stagioni in una testa (Four Seasons in One Head) c.1590 Oil on panel, 60.4 x 44.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In this vertical painting, a tree trunk, branches, plants, fruit, and flowers are arranged to…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Les petits nids d’oiseaux (The Little Bird Nesters) 1873–1874 Oil on canvas, 66 x 90 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) L’Île aux Orties, Giverny (The Seine at Giverny) 1897 Oil on canvas Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Île aux Orties près de Vernon 1897 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York See also: • Île…
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Little Sea Maid 1880–1888 Oil on canvas, 100.2 x 73.4 cm De Morgan Collection
Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Le bouquet de violettes (The Bouquet of Violets) c.1877–1878 Pastel on wove paper, 25.1 x 19.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gonzalès’s sister Jeanne, who was also an artist, probably posed for this scene. Women in the…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Fishing Boats 1879–1880 Pastel, 29.5 x 20 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati