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…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Marte e Venere uniti dall’Amore (Mars and Venus United by Love) 1570s Oil on canvas, 205.7 x 161 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The love between Mars, the god of war, and Venus, the goddess of…
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
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Rochers à Belle-Île, Port-Domois (Rocks at Belle-Île, Port-Domois) 1886 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 64.8 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Port-Domois, Belle-Isle 1887 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven See also: • Belle-Île-en-Mer (France)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Port-Domois, Belle-Isle 1887 Oil on canvas, 64.8 × 81.3 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Rochers à Belle-Île, Port-Domois 1886 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati See also: • Belle-Île-en-Mer (France)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le bateau-atelier (Monet’s studio-boat) 1874 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 65.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo In the open air In 1841, zinc paint tubes appeared for the first time, making painting in the open air a lot simpler.…