Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Bords de l’Oise près de Pontoise (The Banks of the Oise near Pontoise) 1873 Oil on canvas, 38.1 cm × 55.2 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Pissarro’s landscape was painted at the dawn of the Impressionist era. Its…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Bateau au bord de la rivière (Boat by the Riverbank) c.1883 Oil on panel, 15 x 24 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This small study is one of some fourteen preparatory oil sketches for Georges Seurat’s first major…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Bords de la Seine à Argenteuil (Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil) 1874 Oil on canvas, 62.3 x 103 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This work is one of Édouard Manet’s most vivid experiments in painting outdoors, inspired…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Vue du pont Clichy à Asnières (View of Clichy Bridge at Asnières) 1900–1902 Oil on canvas, 44 × 40 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This colorful landscape is a study for a larger work that depicts vehicles for flight, including…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Seine à Argenteuil (The Seine at Argenteuil) 1888 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia In 1888, Renoir spent a leisurely as well as productive summer at the home of the impressionist artist and patron…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Bank of the Oise at Auvers 1890 Oil on canvas, 73 × 90.8 x 3.2 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit See also: • Auvers-sur-Oise (France)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Jean-Pierre Hoschedé et Michel Monet au bord de l’Epte (Jean-Pierre Hoschedé and Michel Monet on the Bank of the Epte) c.1887–1890 Oil on canvas, 76 x 96.5 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Monet’s son Michel and stepson Jean-Pierre…
Constable, John (1776-1837) The Leaping Horse 1825 Oil on canvas, 142 x 187.3 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London The barge lowers its sail, the rope slackens and the tow horse leaps the barrier on the path. John Constable depicts a scene…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Étude pour “Une baignade à Asnières” (Study for “Bathers at Asnières”) c.1883–1884 Oil on wood panel, 32 x 41 x 5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Seurat’s approach to painting differed greatly from the Impressionist painters who…
Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Bord de rivière (River Bank) 1866 Oil on panel, 26.5 x 46 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Daubigny was perhaps one of the most important artists of the Barbizon School, which took its name from the village of…