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Les baigneuses (1890-1895)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Les baigneuses (The Bathers) c.1890–1895 Pastel and charcoal on paper, 142.24 x 144.14 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Edgar Degas created this monumental bather composition in the mid-1890s, probably after he had seen the great Cézanne…

Aria après le ballet (1879)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Aria après le ballet (Aria after the Ballet) 1879 Pastel and Gouache on paper, 59.69 x 74.93 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas The Durand-Ruel family seems to have bought this splendid painted print by Edgar Degas…

Along the Seine, Winter (1887)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Along the Seine, Winter 1887 Oil on wood, 20.32 x 27.94 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas By 1886, Childe Hassam was enjoying artistic success with his atmospheric paintings of Boston street scenes. That same year he…

Maison abandonnée près d’Aix-en-Provence (1885)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Maison abandonnée près d’Aix-en-Provence (Abandoned House near Aix-en-Provence) 1885 Oil on canvas, 66.04 × 82.55 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Paul Cézanne‘s landscape paintings are often centered on houses, virtually all empty, abandoned, or ruined. But…

Renard dans la neige (1860)

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…

La mare aux canards (1873)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La mare aux canards (The Duck Pond) 1873 Oil on canvas, 50.48 × 60.96 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Renoir and Monet began portraying the same landscape in 1869, when they simultaneously painted at the famous…

La Seine à Chatou (1874)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Seine à Chatou (The Seine at Chatou) 1874 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 63.5 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas “The Seine at Châtou” is among the finest, boldest, and best preserved of Renoir‘s landscapes from…