Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638) Garland with the Adoration of the Magi 16th–17th century Oil on copper, 35 x 29 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The flower garland frames an oval medallion with the Adoration of the Kings. Large flowers…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Renard dans la neige (Fox in the Snow) 1860 Oil on canvas, 85.73 x 127.95 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Courbet’s Fox in the Snow depicts the animal mauling its prey, the rodent’s blood spilling onto…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Effet de neige à Louveciennes (Snow effect at Louveciennes) c.1877 Oil on canvas, 50 x 61.5 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires See also: • Louveciennes (France)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Meules de foin, effet de neige et de soleil (Haystacks, Effect of Snow and Sun) 1891 Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 92.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Between 1890 and 1891 Monet devoted some thirty…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) New York Street 1902 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 49.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago After studying painting in Paris, Childe Hassam applied the techniques of French Impressionism to his views of American cities and landscapes. While…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) California 1919 Oil on canvas, 109.9 x 61 cm Private Collection See also: • California (USA)
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Boston Common at Twilight (At Dusk) 1885–1886 Oil on canvas, 106.68 x 152.4 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Childe Hassam, the son of a Dorchester hardware merchant, had made only one trip to Europe before painting Boston…
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Le Violiniste (The Fiddler) 1912–1913 Oil on linen tablecloth, 196.5 x 166.5 x 6.5 cm Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Marc Chagall completed The Violinist shortly after moving from St. Petersburg to Paris. It is a good example of the…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Vue de toits, Effet de neige (View of Rooftops, Snow) 1878 Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 81 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris At the fourth Impressionist Exhibition in 1879, Caillebotte presented over twenty-five works. These included two roofscapes of…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Une soirée au carnaval (Carnival Evening) 1886 Oil on canvas, 117.3 x 89.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia An air of mystery pervades this wintry forest landscape. Dressed in festive carnival costumes, a lone couple stands in…