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La maison du péage (c.1890)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La maison du péage (The Toll Gate) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 40.6 x 32.75 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This is the only known painting in which the amateur artist Henri Rousseau referenced his employment as a tax…

La Seine à Paris, Pont du Carrousel (1922)

Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) La Seine à Paris, Pont du Carrousel (The Seine in Paris, Pont du Carrousel) 1922 Oil on canvas, 57 x 47 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This view from Pont Royal looks towards Pont du Carrousel, one of…

Boulevard Héloise, Argenteuil (1872)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Boulevard Héloise, Argenteuil 1872 Oil on canvas, 33.6 x 57.7 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven Compare: Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Boulevard Héloïse, Argenteuil 1872 National Gallery of Art, Washington     See also: • Boulevard Héloïse (Argenteuil)

Late Afternoon, New York, Winter (1900)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Late Afternoon, New York, Winter 1900 Oil on canvas, 93.8 x 73.7 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Frederick Childe Hassam here used a veil of pale blue paint, punctuated by daubs of pink and yellow, to re-create the…

Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris (1888)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris 1888 Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 54.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Two plumes of white steam rise from an unseen boat on the river Seine, signs of modern life juxtaposed with the…

Place Lafayette, Rouen (1883)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Place Lafayette, Rouen 1883 Oil on canvas, 46.3 x 55.7 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This is one of 17 paintings produced by Camille Pissarro in 1883, during his first visit to the northern French city of…

Les Grands Boulevards (1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Grands Boulevards (The Grands Boulevards) 1875 Oil on canvas, 52.1 × 63.5 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Perhaps Renoir‘s most famous view of Paris is this archetypical image of its newest and most fashionable district in the…

Rissa in galleria (1910)

Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Rissa in galleria (Riot in the Gallery) 1910 Oil on canvas, 74 x 64 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano After a period spent in Rome, the artist decided to move to Paris in 1906, driven by poverty and disillusioned…

Le Moulin de la Galette (1886-1887)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Le Moulin de la Galette (The Blute-Fin Windmill, Montmartre) c.1886–1887 Oil on paper on canvas, 61 x 50 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Vincent van Gogh came to paint this Moulin de la…

Le Pont Neuf à Paris (1872)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Pont Neuf à Paris 1872 Oil on canvas, 75.3 x 93.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington While his figure paintings are better known, Renoir‘s landscapes resonate with a vigor and freshness of vision central to…