Ensor, James (1860-1949) Le Fantôme, vision devançant le futurisme (Apparition: Vision Preceding Futurism, Nightmare) 1886 Colored crayon, gouache and gold paint, 21.7 x 29.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Sudarium held by two angels 1513 Engraving, 10 x 13.9 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Although Dürer made several celebrated series of Passion engravings, this related image of Christ’s head crowned with thorns is a stand-alone print;…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Nature morte (Still Life) 1867 Oil on canvas, 81 x 99.7 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo “Don’t bother trying to look for something new: you won’t find novelty in the subject matter, but in the way you…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Rue de Tahiti (Street in Tahiti) 1891 Oil on canvas, 115.6 × 88.6 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo The vibrant colors of Paul Gauguin’s painting express his intense reaction to the mysteries of the “new Eden” that…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Dans le jardin de Maurecourt (In the Garden at Maurecourt) 1884 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65.1 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Painted in oil paints with the freedom and spontaneity of a watercolor sketch, In the…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Antibes vu de la Salis (Antibes Seen from La Salis) 1888 Oil on canvas, 73.3 × 92.1 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo The shimmering light of mid-afternoon infuses Claude Monet’s painting of the old fortified coastal town…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Les toits du Vieux Rouen, temps gris (The Roofs of Old Rouen, Gray Weather) 1896 Oil on canvas, 72.3 × 91.4 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Camille Pissarro was suffering from a chronic eye infection that kept him…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Route à Wargemont (Road at Wargemont) 1879 Oil on canvas, 80.6 x 100 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Liquid colors in glowing, gem-like tones glide into each other, blurring contours, in one of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s most remarkable…