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Portrait d’homme (1880)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Portrait d’homme (Portrait of a Man) 1880 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 65.6 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Among Gustave Caillebotte’s most celebrated works are his views of modern Paris seen from balconies and terraces, a theme…

Villas à Trouville (1884)

Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Villas à Trouville (Villas at Trouville) 1884 Oil on canvas, 66 x 81.3 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Gustave Caillebotte painted this view of villas at Trouville, a small town on the Normandy coast, using the distinctive…

Mauvaises nouvelles, la séparation (1872)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Mauvaises nouvelles, la séparation (Bad News, The parting) 1872 Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 91.4 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Compare: Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le Thé 1872 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Tissot, James (1836-1902) Une histoire intéressante c.1872…

Le Thé (1872)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le Thé (Tea) 1872 Oil on wood, 66 x 47.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When Tissot moved to London in 1871, he immersed himself in the local scene, with work for Vanity Fair and genre…

La place du marché, Vitebsk (1917)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La place du marché, Vitebsk (The Marketplace, Vitebsk) 1917 Oil on canvas, 66 × 97.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York After training and exhibiting his art in Paris, Chagall returned to his hometown Vitebsk in 1914…

Rue Norvins, Paris (1918)

Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Rue Norvins, Paris 1918 Oil on cardboard mounted on panel, 53.5 x 64 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Compare: Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) La Rue Norvins à Montmartre c.1910–1912 Private collection     See also: • Montmartre | Paris (France) | Rue Norvins

The Bridge of Sighs (c.1903-1904)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) The Bridge of Sighs c.1903–1904 Watercolor on paper, 25.4 x 35.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Sargent used multiple techniques to create light and highlights in this work. The most obvious is the application of white impasto…

Late Afternoon, New York, Winter (1900)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Late Afternoon, New York, Winter 1900 Oil on canvas, 93.8 x 73.7 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Frederick Childe Hassam here used a veil of pale blue paint, punctuated by daubs of pink and yellow, to re-create the…

Desdemona maudite par son père (c.1852)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Desdemona maudite par son père (Desdemona Cursed by her Father) c.1852 Oil on cradled panel, 40.6 x 32.1 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Compare: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Othello et Desdémone 1847–1849 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa     See…

Église Saint-Pierre (1914)

Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Église Saint-Pierre (Church of Saint Peter of Montmartre) 1914 Oil on board, 76 x 105 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris Compare: Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) L’église Saint-Pierre et le Sacré-Cœur à Paris 1912 Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp     See…