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La Blanchisseuse (1863)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) La Blanchisseuse (The Laundress) 1863? Oil on oak, 48.9 x 33 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting depicts a subject visible from Daumier’s studio on the quai d’Anjou in Paris: laundresses returning from laundry boats…

Concarneau, calme du soir (1891)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Concarneau, calme du soir, Allegro Maestoso (Evening Calm, Concarneau) 1891 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York As Georges Seurat’s most ardent follower, Paul Signac steadfastly promoted the principles of Neo-Impressionism all his…

Jalais Hill, Pontoise (1867)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Jalais Hill, Pontoise 1867 Oil on canvas, 87 x 114.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This view of Pontoise, just northwest of Paris, helped establish Pissarro’s reputation as an innovative painter of the rural French landscape. The…

Don Quichotte (c.1868)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte (Don Quixote) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 52.2 x 32.8 cm Neue Pinakothek, Munich Compare: Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte et Sancho Panza c.1855 National Gallery, London     Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Don Quichotte lisant 1865–1867 National Museum Wales, Cardiff    …

La plage de Trouville (1867)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La plage de Trouville (Beach of Trouville) 1867 Oil on canvas, 63 x 89 cm National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo See also: • Trouville-sur-Mer (France)

Paysage de Bretagne (1888)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Paysage de Bretagne (Landscape of Brittany) 1888 Oil on canvas, 89.3 x 116.6 cm National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo See also: • Bretagne (France)

Le port de Saint-Tropez (1901-1902)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Le port de Saint-Tropez (The Port of Saint-Tropez) 1901–1902 Oil on canvas, 131 x 161.5 cm National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo See also: • Saint-Tropez (France)