Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Haere Pape 1892 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 67.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Fed up with industrialized Europe, Paul Gauguin went to Tahiti in 1891 seeking a simpler, more “primitive” way of life, one uncorrupted by modern technology…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Femme devant un aquarium (Woman before an Aquarium) 1921–1923 Oil on canvas, 81.2 × 100.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In the first two decades of the 20th century, Henri Matisse visited exhibitions of Islamic art and…
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water 1872 Oil on canvas, 51 × 76.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In the early 1870s James McNeill Whistler took a radical step toward abstraction with his Nocturnes series. In…
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy 1907 Oil on canvas, 71.4 × 56.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The year 1907 was a turning point for John Singer Sargent, as he daringly stepped away from his successful…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) La baie de Marseille, vue de l’Estaque (The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L’Estaque) c.1885 Oil on canvas, 80.2 × 100.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In a letter to his friend and teacher Camille Pissarro, Paul…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Child’s Bath 1893 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 66.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this work, Mary Cassatt addressed the theme for which she is best known—women and children—while also experimenting with compositional elements of…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Les nymphéas (Water Lilies) 1906 Oil on canvas, 89.9 × 94.1 cm cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago “One instant, one aspect of nature contains it all,” said Claude Monet, referring to his late masterpieces, the water landscapes…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Le quai de Bougival (The Quay at Bougival) 1883 Oil on canvas, 55.6 x 46.1 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo See also: • Bougival (France)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Le Velino, la Sortie du Lac de Papigno (The Vélino at the exit of Lake Papigno) 1826 Oil on paper on canvas, 24 x 39.2 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo See also: • Terni (Italia)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Petite baigneuse, Après le bain (Little Bather, After the Bath) 1883 Oil on canvas, 60 x 54 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo