Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Le Garde (The Guard) 1889 Oil on canvas, 21-7/8 x 18-3/8 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Gérôme was schooled in the rigorous exactitude of the French academic tradition as well as Romanticism’s taste for the exotic. He is…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Place du Théâtre Français, Paris: Pluie (Place du Théâtre Français, Paris: Rain) 1898 Oil on canvas, 73.66 x 91.44 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis After a chronic eye infection limited the amount of time Camille Pissarro could spend…
Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Rue à Sannois (Street in Sannois) c.1912 Oil on canvas, 54 x 81 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Maurice Utrillo is known for his depictions of Paris and its outskirts, in which figures are often incidental or completely…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Rue de village (Village Street) 1909–1910 Oil on canvas, 43.5 x 35.9 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia
Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) I lastricatori di strade (The Street Pavers) 1914 Oil on canvas, 100 × 100 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boccioni was a member of the Futurists, a group of Italian artists who announced their existence in 1909…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Boulevard des Italiens, matin, effet de soleil (Boulevard des Italiens, Morning, Sunlight) 1897 Oil on canvas, 73.2 x 92.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look down onto a wide, bustling, tree-lined avenue filled with buildings, people, and…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Jardin de Pissarro, quai du Pothuis à Pontoise (Pissarro’s Garden, Quai du Pothuis in Pontoise) 1881 Oil on canvas, 66 x 54.4 cm Private collection Verso: Deux esquisses d’autoportrait Esquisse d’autoportrait I (Self-portrait sketch 1) Esquisse d’autoportrait…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Place de la Trinité 1875 Oil on canvas, 50 x 62 cm Private collection Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Place de la Trinité c.1878 Private collection Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Square de la Trinité 1878–1879 Private collection See…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Drame au village, Pont-Aven (Drama in the village, Pont-Aven) 1894 Oil on canvas, 73.4 x 93 cm Private collection A dream-like, symbolic scene in sultry, evocative hues, Paul Gauguin’s Drame au village, Pont-Aven epitomizes the artist’s fascination with…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Boulevard Montmartre, Mardi Gras 1897 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 81.3 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles See also: • Boulevard Montmartre (Paris) | Streets | Streets (Paris)