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Vue de mer, temps calme (1864)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Vue de mer, temps calme (Sea View, Calm Weather) 1864 Oil on canvas, 73.6 × 92.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This is one of Édouard Manet’s earliest paintings of the sea, a subject to which he…

La corrida (1865-1866)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La corrida (Bullfight) 1865–1866 Oil on canvas, 48 × 60.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Édouard Manet’s trip to Spain in the fall of 1865 lasted only about 10 days, though it had a profound impact on…

Les Courses à Longchamp (1866)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Les Courses à Longchamp (The Races at Longchamp) 1866 Oil on canvas, 44 × 84.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago With a characteristic focus on the pleasures of modern life, Édouard Manet depicted this scene of the…

La Débâcle, temps gris (1880)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Débâcle, temps gris (The Break-Up of the Ice, Bad Weather) 1880 Oil on canvas, 68 x 90 cm Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La débâcle près de Vétheuil 1880 Musée du Louvre, Paris     Monet,…

Maison du jardinier à Antibes (1888)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Maison du jardinier à Antibes (Gardener’s House at Antibes) 1888 Oil on fabric, 91.1 x 118.4 x 13.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Monet painted 35 canvases during his visit to Antibes from January to May 1888.…

Rue de la Bavole, Honfleur (c.1864)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Rue de la Bavole, Honfleur c.1864 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 61 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Dating from the beginning of Monet‘s career, this view of a street in the old port of Honfleur is a…

Pont de Charing Cross, temps couvert (1900)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Pont de Charing Cross, temps couvert (Charing Cross Bridge, Overcast Day) 1900 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 91.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Coal dust combined with naturally damp weather in the 19th century to create near…

Cros de Cagnes, mer, montagnes (c.1910)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Cros de Cagnes, mer, montagnes (Cros de Cagnes, Sea, Mountains) c.1910 Oil on canvas, 20 × 30.9 cm Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol See also: • Cagnes-sur-Mer (France)