Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Bassin d’Argenteuil (The Basin at Argenteuil) 1874 Oil on canvas, 55.2 x 74.3 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence See also: • Argenteuil (France)
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) La Tamise à Hampton Court (The Thames at Hampton Court) 1874 Oil on canvas, 34.93 × 59.69 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond See also: After a short visit to South Kensington, England, in July 1874, Sisley…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Sunflowers (F 454, JH 1562) 1888 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 73 cm National Gallery, London ‘The sunflower is mine’, Van Gogh once declared. Soon after his death he became known as the painter of sunflowers, an…
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Mermaid 1896 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 552.5 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Edvard Munch painted Mermaid during an extended stay in Paris in 1896–97, upon receiving a commission for a large-scale decorative work from Axel Heiberg, a…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, October 16, 1834 1834–1835 Oil on canvas, 92.1 × 123.2 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia “Shortly before 7 o’clock last night the inhabitants of Westminster, and of…
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) La Seine aux Andelys (The Seine at Les Andelys) 1886 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 64.8 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena See also: • Les Andelys (France)
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Lavandières au bord de la Seine aux Andelys (Washerwomen by the Seine at Les Andelys) c.1897 Color lithograph, 30.2 × 45.5 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia In the 1890s Signac and his colleagues challenged the methods of the Impressionists…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Départ du vapeur de Folkestone (The Folkestone Boat, Boulogne) c.1868–1872 Oil on canvas, 60 x 73.5 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia This image of the steam ferry that carried passengers from Boulogne to Folkestone, on the Channel…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Kearsarge à Boulogne (The Kearsarge at Boulogne) 1864 Oil on canvas, 81.6 x 100 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York During the American Civil War, the United States warship Kearsarge made headlines after sinking the Confederate…