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Wheat Fields with Reaper, Auvers (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Wheat Fields with Reaper, Auvers 1890 Oil on canvas, 73.6 x 93 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Though inspired by the observation of his immediate surroundings, Van Gogh was not interested in mimicking what he saw.…

Antibes vu de la Salis (1888)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Antibes vu de la Salis (Antibes Seen from La Salis) 1888 Oil on canvas, 73.3 × 92 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Monet chose to paint this view from the vantage point of the Garden of La…

Les toits du Vieux Rouen, temps gris (1896)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Les toits du Vieux Rouen, temps gris (The Roofs of Old Rouen, Gray Weather) 1896 Oil on canvas, 72.3 × 91.4 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Camille Pissarro was suffering from a chronic eye infection that kept him…

La Laveuse (1917)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Laveuse (Washerwoman) 1917 Bronze, 122.6 x 54.6 x 127 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Renoir conceived Washerwoman as one of a pair of figures. The other, never completed, would have been a blacksmith. The figures were…

Route à Wargemont (1879)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Route à Wargemont (Road at Wargemont) 1879 Oil on canvas, 80.6 x 100 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo See also: • Château de Wargemont (Derchigny) | Normandie (France)

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (1896)

Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) & Morris, William (1834-1896) The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer 1896 Wood engraving, 42.2 x 28.9 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Designer: William Morris (British, 1834-1896); Artist: Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833-1898); Publisher: Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith (London), 1896; Author:…

The Salutation of Beatrice (1880-1882)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) The Salutation of Beatrice 1880–1882 Oil on canvas, 154.3 × 91.4 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo The woman in this painting embodies the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of beauty with her pale face, full lips, and thick, wavy,…

Perseus and Andromeda (1875)

Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Perseus and Andromeda (study for The Doom Fulfilled) 1875 Gouache with gold paint on board, 33 x 30.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Compare: Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Doom Fulfilled 1888 Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart