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Régate à Trouville (1884)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Régate à Trouville (Regatta at Trouville) 1884 Oil on canvas, 60.3 × 73 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo In a view that seems like an uncomposed snapshot, summer villas hug the cliffs above the English Channel at Trouville,…

Saint-Tropez (c.1893)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Saint-Tropez c.1893 Oil and graphite on panel, 18.8 x 27.1 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Signac moved to St-Tropez in 1892. He was the first Parisian artist to settle in this remote Mediterranean fishing village. He sought ‘sky,…

Deauville (1893)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Deauville 1893 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 74.2 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London A native of Normandy, Eugène Boudin made his name depicting fashionable Parisian visitors at its seaside resorts. Later in his career, he turned to painting…

Bords de la Seine à Argenteuil (1874)

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…

Eugène Manet à l’Ile de Wight (1875)

Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Eugène Manet à l’Ile de Wight (Eugène Manet on the Isle of Wight) 1875 Oil on canvas, 38 × 46 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris On December 22, 1874, Berthe Morisot married Eugène Manet at the Church of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-de-Passy…

Vue du pont Clichy à Asnières (c.1900-1902)

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…

La Yole (1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Yole (The Skiff) 1875 Oil on canvas, 71 × 92 cm National Gallery, London We are probably looking at the river Seine near Chatou (some ten miles west of central Paris), although the exact site has not been…

The Leaping Horse (1825)

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…