Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway 1844 Oil on canvas, 91 x 121.8 cm National Gallery, London A steam engine rushes towards us as it speeds along a bridge through the rain. The bridge…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Les remparts d’Aigues-Mortes (The Ramparts at Aigues-Mortes) 1867 Oil on canvas, 46 x 75.50 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Although he never painted the coastline, Bazille was fascinated by the play of light and water, to which he devoted most…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Pêcheur au filet (Fisherman with a net) 1868 Oil on canvas, 134 x 83 cm Private collection
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Marine à Sainte-Adresse (Beach at Sainte-Adresse) 1865 Oil on canvas, 58.4 x 140 cm High Museum of Art, Atlanta On a windy, overcast day on the northern coast of France, fishing boats ply the choppy waters. In this unsentimental…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Vue de village (View of the Village) 1868 Oil on canvas, 137.5 x 85.5 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Produced in Montpellier on the family property of Mas Méric overlooking the Lez and the village of Castelnau, the Village View…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Scène d’été / Les Baigneurs (Summer Scene / Bathers) 1869 Oil on canvas, 160 x 160.7 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge When this painting was first exhibited at the Salon of 1870, critic and artist Zacharie Astruc wrote of Bazille,…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise) 1872 Oil on canvas, 50 x 65 cm Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris