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Le Jardin de l’artiste à Argenteuil (1873)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Jardin de l’artiste à Argenteuil / Les Dahlias (The Artist’s Garden in Argenteuil, A Corner of the Garden with Dahlias) 1873 Oil on canvas, 61 x 82.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A bank of flowering bushes,…

Le Jardin de l’artiste à Vétheuil (1881)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Jardin de l’artiste à Vétheuil (The Artist’s Garden at Vétheuil) 1881 Oil on canvas, 151.5 x 121 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A small child stands facing us on a sun-dappled path that runs up the center…

Spanish Dancer Wearing a Lace Mantilla (1873)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Spanish Dancer Wearing a Lace Mantilla 1873 Oil on canvas, 65.2 × 50.1 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington Mary Cassatt spent a few months in Spain in the early 1870s. She went first to Madrid, where she copied…

Manhattan (1932)

O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Manhattan 1932 Oil on canvas, 214.3 x 122.4 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington Dizzying heights, soaring verticals, and spectacular views of New York City‘s skyscrapers inspired some of Georgie O’Keeffe‘s most memorable paintings. O’Keeffe not only painted these…

High Cliff, Coast of Maine (1894)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) High Cliff, Coast of Maine 1894 Oil on canvas, 76.8 x 97.2 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington Winslow Homer was known for his robust depictions of nature. In High Cliff, Coast of Maine, the ocean wages a mighty…

Stable at Cuenca (1903)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Stable at Cuenca 1903 Oil on canvas, 57.2 x 72.1 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington See also: • Cuenca (España)

Tanagra (1918)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Tanagra (The Builders, New York) 1918 Oil on canvas, 149.2 x 149 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington In Tanagra (The Builders, New York), Childe Hassam painted an ambivalent image of modern life. At the turn of the twentieth…

Rebecca al pozzo (c.1582-1588)

Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Rebecca al pozzo (Rebecca at the Well) c.1582–1588 Oil on canvas, 145.5 x 282.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Three men, one woman, and three camels gather around the stone ledge of a well in this horizontal landscape…