Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Pont japonais (The Japanese Bridge) c.1923–1925 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 116.21 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis In 1883, Claude Monet moved to Giverny, about forty miles northwest of Paris. For the rest of his life, he…
Gonzalès, Eva (1849-1883) Vase de pivoines (Vase of Peonies) c.1875–1876 Oil on canvas, 79.85 × 63.34 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Eva Gonzales was Édouard Manet‘s only formal student and modeled frequently for several members of the Impressionist group. A plethora…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Fontaine de Vénus (Fountain of Venus) 1756 Oil on canvas, 233 x 215 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Lighthearted, erotic decorative schemes remained popular among the French aristocracy throughout the 1700s. In this painting, part of the…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Souvenir de Coubron (Souvenir of Coubron) 1872 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 55.7 cm Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest In the wake of the Paris Commune (1871), Corot visited a friend of his in Coubron, a doctor, with whom he…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Trois bateaux de pêche (Three Fishing Boats) 1886 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Throughout the life of Claude Monet, the movements of water, the ever-changing light and weather conditions of the sea…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Régate à Trouville (Regatta at Trouville) 1884 Oil on canvas, 60.3 × 73 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo In a view that seems like an uncomposed snapshot, summer villas hug the cliffs above the English Channel at Trouville,…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Te vaa (Canoe; Tahitian Family) 1896 Oil on canvas, 95.5 x 131.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Gauguin moved to Tahiti (Polynesia) in 1891, seeking to find the simplicity lacking in the “civilised” life of Parisian society. Here he…
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Saint-Tropez c.1893 Oil and graphite on panel, 18.8 x 27.1 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Signac moved to St-Tropez in 1892. He was the first Parisian artist to settle in this remote Mediterranean fishing village. He sought ‘sky,…
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…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Bateau au bord de la rivière (Boat by the Riverbank) c.1883 Oil on panel, 15 x 24 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This small study is one of some fourteen preparatory oil sketches for Georges Seurat’s first major…