Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Arcadie/Idylle: Famille de l’Antiquité (Arcadia/Idyll: Family from Antiquity) 1860 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 51.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Bouguereau, one of the most successful painters of the nineteenth century, was particularly admired in the United States. He…
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Apparition d’un visage et d’un compotier sur une plage (Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach) 1938 Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 143.8 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: At first glance the spectator sees a desolate…
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Image paranoïaque-astrale (Paranoiac-astral Image) 1934 Oil on panel, 15.6 x 22.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) La Solitude (Loneliness) 1931 Oil on canvas, 35.2 x 27.2 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford “Solitude” was the first painting by Dalí to enter a museum collection anywhere in the world, and it is typical of his earliest, often…
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Winter Landscape at Hvitsten c.1918 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 73.7 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) L’église de Vernon (The Church at Vernon) 1883 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81.4 cm Private collection “One day, when I happened to be in Vernon, I found the silhouette of the church so remarkable that I absolutely…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La plage de Berck (The Beach at Berck) 1873 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 72.4 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford See also: • Berck (France)
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La plage de Trouville (The Beach at Trouville) 1863 Oil on panel, 25.4 x 46.4 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford See also: • Trouville-sur-Mer (France)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La plage de Trouville (The Beach at Trouville) 1870 Oil on canvas, 54 x 64.8 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Monet spent the summer of 1870 at Trouville, the popular French resort along the English Channel. This…
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) L’Europe après la pluie (Europe after the Rain II) 1940–1942 Oil on canvas, 54.8 × 147.8 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Ernst began this work in occupied France during World War II. He finished it in New York…