Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Parahi Te Marae (The Sacred Mountain) 1892 Oil on canvas, 66 × 88.9 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia This painting of a marae, or Tahitian sacred enclosure, was created on Paul Gauguin’s first trip to Tahiti. The artist’s title—Parahi…
El Greco (1541-1614) Pietà (Lamentation) Early 1570s Oil on panel, 28.9 × 20 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia El Greco was born in the Venetian territory of Crete and trained in Venice before moving to Rome. There he encountered the work…
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…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Falls at Tivoli 1803? Watercolor on cardboard, 37.8 x 53.7 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia See also: • Tivoli (Italia)
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) La Seine à Billancourt (The Seine at Billancourt) 1877 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 54.9 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia See also: • Boulogne-Billancourt (France)
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)
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…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Saint-Cloud 1877 Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 65.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Saint-Cloud (France)
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) L’Orage (The storm) 1895 Watercolor, 16 x 21.6 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris