Astruc, Zacharie (1833-1907) Paysage avec chariot et meules de foin (Landscape with Wagon and Haystacks) c.1869–1870 Watercolor, 13.6 x 16.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Paysage avec chariot et meules de foin (c.1869-1870)
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Les Cyprès (1889)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Les Cyprès (Cypresses) 1889 Brown ink and graphite on paper, 61.9 x 47.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York This drawing dates from Vincent van Gogh’s 1889 stay at a psychiatric asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, during a period when…
Rue Norvins, Paris (1918)
Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Rue Norvins, Paris 1918 Oil on cardboard mounted on panel, 53.5 x 64 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Compare: Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) La Rue Norvins à Montmartre c.1910–1912 Private collection See also: • Montmartre | Paris (France) | Rue Norvins
Inondation à Moret (1879)
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Inondation à Moret (Flood at Moret) 1879 Oil on canvas, 54 x 71.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York In the 1870s, the Seine and its tributaries, including the Loing, were flooded several times as a consequence of increased…
The Bridge of Sighs (c.1903-1904)
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) The Bridge of Sighs c.1903–1904 Watercolor on paper, 25.4 x 35.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Sargent used multiple techniques to create light and highlights in this work. The most obvious is the application of white impasto…
Late Afternoon, New York, Winter (1900)
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Late Afternoon, New York, Winter 1900 Oil on canvas, 93.8 x 73.7 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Frederick Childe Hassam here used a veil of pale blue paint, punctuated by daubs of pink and yellow, to re-create the…
Paysage de Provence (c.1908)
Derain, André (1880-1954) Paysage de Provence (Landscape in Provence) c.1908 Oil on canvas, 32.2 x 40.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York See also: • Provence (France)
Lever de lune (1877)
Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Lever la lune (Moonrise) 1877 Oil on panel, 40.3 x 67.9 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Lured by the tranquil waters of river-scapes, Charles-François Daubigny began to explore the river valleys outside Paris in the late 1850s from…
Le Rocher isolé (c.1862)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le Rocher isolé (The Isolated Rock) c.1862 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 81.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Gustave Courbet’s paintings of the shorelines in Normandy portray the land as subject to continuous, if gradual, change. Here, he…
Jeunes filles de Sparte (1868-1870)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Jeunes filles de Sparte (Young Women of Sparta) 1868–1870 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 74.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Along with 42.196, this painting of a pale, contemplative young woman dressed in garments that conjure past times…