1985.R.62 Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Seine at Châtou
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Although Pierre-Auguste Renoir is often considered a figure painter, the landscapes he painted in the 1860s and 1870s were daringly experimental. In The Seine at Châtou, he fills nearly the entire canvas with water and sky.
1985.R.39 Adolphe Monticelli, Still Life with Sardines and Sea-Urchins
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
No artist from the south of France had a more profound effect on the art of Vinc
1985.R.40 Berthe Morisot, The Port of Nice
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Berthe Morisot spent the winter of 1881–1882 with her family on the Mediterranean coast in Nice, France. As she often did while traveling, Morisot brought along her plein-air (outdoor) painting kit and worked outside when the weather permitted.
1985.R.42 Camille Pissarro, The Road to Versailles, Louveciennes: Morning Frost
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Camille Pissarro captures a cold morning and the resulting veneer of frost that coats the picturesque Parisian suburb of Louveciennes, where the artist lived at the time. This painting depicts the landscape in late fall or early winter, just as the trees lose their leaves and frost begins to form. The sun rises and casts long shadows, melting the ephemeral frost.
1985.R.44 Camille Pissarro, Self Portrait
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
One of only four self-portraits by Camille Pissarro, this three-quarter-length likeness was created during a particularly sorrowful time in the artist's life. In 1897, one of Pissarro's sons suffered a stroke and another died from tuberculosis. Additionally, he was plagued with the worsening of a chronic eye infection that forced him to paint indoors.
1985.R.50 Camille Pissarro, Place du Theatre Francais: Fog Effect
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Painted from his second-floor room in the Grand Hôtel du Louvre, Camille Pissarro captures the bustling activity of a foggy winter day at the Place du Théâtre Fran
1985.R.53 Odilon Redon, The Port of Morgat
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This melancholic landscape of the fishing village of Morgat was painted in 1883, on Odilon Redon's second trip to the coast of Brittany. Located about two miles from Crozon, Redon visi
1985.R.64 Auguste Rodin, The Poet and the Contemplative Life (The Fenaille Column)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
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1985.R.65 Auguste Rodin, The Sirens
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
NOTES
c. 1888
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Checked Piction
1985.R.66 Auguste Rodin, I Am Beautiful (Je suis belle)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In I Am Beautiful, Auguste Rodin reused and