Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Sur la plage de Boulogne (On the Beach, Boulogne-sur-Mer) 1868 Oil on canvas, 32.39 × 66.04 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond As early as 1863, Manet’s submissions to the Salon were either rejected by the jury…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La mort de Sardanapale (The Death of Sardanapalus) 1844 Oil on canvas, 73.7 × 92.6 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia The subject of this painting was inspired by Lord Byron‘s dramatic poem of 1821 about the life of an…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) New York Skyline, Light Buildings 1918 Transfer lithograph, 22.9 x 34.6 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Compare: Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) New York Skyline, Dark Buildings 1918 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia See also: • New York, NY (USA)
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) New York Skyline, Dark Buildings 1918 Transfer lithograph, 20.3 x 34.6 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Compare: Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) New York Skyline, Light Buildings 1918 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia See also: • New York, NY (USA)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Aqueduc (Aqueduct) c.1826–1828 Oil on canvas, 24.1 x 43.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Compare: Corot, Camille (1796-1875) Aqueduc dans la campagne romaine 1826 Private collection See also: • Roma (Italia)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Paysage à Ornans (Landscape at Ornans) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 47.3 x 56.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia See also: • Ornans (France)
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Liberación del peón (Liberation of the Peon) 1931 Fresco on cement, 185.4 × 239.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Diego Rivera’s Liberation of the Peon makes visible the cruel and exploitative Mexican peonage system, which kept agricultural workers…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Scholar in His Study (‘Faust’) c.1652 Etching, engraving and drypoint, 20.9 x 16 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Compare: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Faust c.1652 Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Parahi Te Marae (The Sacred Mountain) 1892 Oil on canvas, 66 × 88.9 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia This painting of a marae, or Tahitian sacred enclosure, was created on Paul Gauguin’s first trip to Tahiti. The artist’s title—Parahi…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) A Balcony in Seville 1873 Oil on canvas, 101.7 × 82.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia After her studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Mary Cassatt traveled to Europe in 1866 to complete…