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Norman Rockwell - Cousin Reginald Spells Peloponnesus (Spelling Bee) [1918]
The 1930s and '40s proved to be the most fruitful period for Rockwell. In 1930, he married Mary Barstow, a schoolteacher, and they had three sons: Jarvis, Thomas and Peter. The Rockwells relocated to...
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Georges Seurat - Die Seine an der Grand Jatte, Frühling
In November 1879, at the age of 20, Seurat went to Brest to do his military service. There he drew the sea, beaches, and boats. When he returned to Paris the following autumn, he shared a studio with...
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Vincent van Gogh - Shoes [1888]
Van Gogh painted several still lifes of shoes or boots during his Paris period. This picture, painted later in Arles, evinces a unique return to the earlier motif.[Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York...
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Lilian Lucy Davidson - Burying the Child
Burying the Child is unusual for Irish painting of the time. It has echoes of the European tradition, Zola, Rilke, Dostoyevsky, and especially Picasso in his blue period, of artists who engaged with...
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Jean Béraud - Couple Devant use Bijouterie
This was given by Jean Béraud to his good friend, Maurice Poirson, an artist in his own right who, tragically, died at an early age and left no heirs. An article in Le Gaulois, published December 16,...
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Abraham Brueghel - Woman Grasping Fruit [1689]
Abraham Brueghel (Antwerp, November 28, 1631 - Naples, 1690) was a Flemish painter from the famous family of artists. He was the son of Jan Brueghel the Younger, the grandson of Jan Brueghel the Elder....
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Antonio María Reyna Manescau - Venetian Canal
Antonio María Reyna Manescau (Málaga, December 5, 1859 - Rome, February 3, 1937) was a Spanish painter of Venetian scenes. From a young age he showed great love for drawing and began his artistic...
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Jean-Baptiste Greuze - The Village Bride [1761]
This narrative painting reminiscent of Dutch genre paintings, depicts the moment of the exchange of the dowry from the father into the bridegroom's hand that is being recorded by the public notary and...
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Mariano Fortuny Marsal - Fantasy on Faust [1866]
The musician, Juan Bautista Pujol (1835-1898), sits at the piano playing Gran Fantasía de Fausto, his work inspired by the opera of Charles Gounod, as is indicated in the inscription at the lower left...
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Emilio Sanchez-Perrier - Evening, Looking Towards the Grand Canal with Santa...
Venice was always a favourite place for pre-Impressionist Spanish artists such as Antonio Reyna Manescau, Martin Rico y Ortega, and Rafael Senet. They were inspired by its golden light and the vestiges...
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Mary Cassatt - Family Group Reading [1898]
[Philadelphia Museum of Art - Oil on canvas, 56.5 x 112.4 cm]
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Hubert Robert - Hall of Seasons at the Louvre [c.1802-03]
[Musée du Louvre, Paris - Oil on canvas, 37 x 46 cm]
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Lovis Corinth - Group of Women (Girlfriends) [1904]
[Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden - Oil on panel, 98 x 119 cm]
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Paul Gustav Fischer - Højbro Plads, København [1921]
[Kleis Gallery, Copenhagen - Oil on canvas, 57.5 x 74.2 cm]
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Francesco Guardi - The Ridotto Pubblico at Palazzo Dandolo [c.1765-68]
While Guardi is known for his landscapes and imaginary lagoon views, he also painted a few interiors such as the main hall of the Ridotto, the public gambling house in Palazzo Dandolo at San Moisè, as...
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John Singer Sargent - The Rialto, Venice [1911]
[Philadelphia Museum of Art - Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 92.1 cm]
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Anne-Louis Girodet - Revolt in Cairo, October 21, 1798 [1810]
In 1798, Napoleon led the French army into Egypt, swiftly conquering Alexandria and Cairo. However, on October of that year, an uprising by the people of Cairo surprised the French forces, while...
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Claude Monet - The Studio Boat [1876]
[Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia - Oil on canvas, 72.7 x 60 cm]
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