Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Le Matin, Paysage avec deux vaches et un personnage (Morning: Landscape with Two Cows and a Figure) 1855–1860 Oil on canvas, 23.2 × 18 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) La Manche à Gravelines, un soir (The Channel at Gravelines, Evening) 1890 Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 81.9 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York Study: Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Étude pour La Manche à Gravelines, un soir 1890…
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Saint Malo 1927 Watercolor, charcoal, and pencil on paper, 26.67 × 41.75 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee See also: • Bretagne | Saint-Malo (France)
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Le Port de Trouville, pendant les travaux (Port of Trouville, Repairs in the Harbor) 1890 Oil on canvas, 36.2 x 58.6 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester See also: • Trouville-sur-Mer (France)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Nymphéas (Waterlilies) 1908 Oil on canvas, 94.8 x 89.9 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Proposition embarrassante (Embarrasing Proposal) 1715–1716 Oil on canvas, 65 × 84.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Watteau was the first 18th-century French artist to create something totally new in his work, something previously unknown, in despite of the…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Boudeuse (The Capricious Girl) c.1718 Oil on canvas, 42 × 34 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg When Watteau was elected a member of the French Academy of Arts, a term was specially invented to describe the kind of…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) La Rêveuse (The Dreamer) 1712–1714 Oil on panel, 23.2 × 17 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The traditional title of this small painting, The Dreamer, derives from an engraving made after it, which was intended for sale to…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Fêtes Vénitiennes (Venetian Festivals) 1718–1719 Oil on canvas, 56.3 × 46.2 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh This is a very fine example of the ‘fêtes galantes’ perfected by Watteau. He included himself as the seated musician playing a musette.…
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Virgin and Child with Saints Zacharias, Elizabeth and John the Baptist c.1620 Oil on canvas, 114 x 153 cm National Gallery, London We are watching an intimate family moment, apparently unnoticed. Two children are being introduced – they…