Impressionism

The Pink Dress is an 1864 Impressionist painting by French artist Frédéric Bazille. It can be found in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, France.

Children Playing on the Beach is an 1884 painting in the Impressionist style by the leading American painter and printmaker Mary Cassatt. It was painted a mere two years after the death of her adored sister Lydia and Cassatt could have painted in this 1884 picture an idealized memory of their relationship. Two little girls sit

1887’s Under the Lamp by French Impressionist artist Marie Bracquemond depicts a man and woman about to have a meal. The table is replete with a loosely painted still life of crockery and food that looks back to Bracquemond’s training studying old masters like Chardin. The scene and style, if not the class of the

Although known as an Impressionist, Mary Cassatt experimented with styles and in The Mandolin Player from 1872, she seems to exhibit the influence of Rembrandt. The brushwork has a smoky effect that replaces concern with precision with an atmospheric melancholy, that perhaps reflects the mood of the song or air being played. As is common

Lady at the Tea Table is an 1883-1885 painting in the Impressionist style by the leading American painter and printmaker Mary Cassatt. It has a monumental quality as the quiet but broad figure of Mary Dickinson Riddle, the artist’s mother’s cousin, sits in front of us while looking out to her left. Analysis of Cassatt’s

Impressionist painter Alfred Sisley uses muted colors here in The Slopes of Bougival of an overcast day, which dampens the colors of the vegetation. The horizon line in this 1875 picture is low and is mirrored by the pier. This directs the attention to the subtle atmospheric effects of the leaden sky which reflect the

Tranquil Winter is an 1895 landscape painting by Australian Impressionist artist Walter Withers. Tranquil Winter Analysis Walter Withers painted this scene of Tranquil Winter in 1895, two years after he arrived in Australia from his native England. The landscape scene is of a winter rural scene in what was the Banyule Estate, not suburban Melbourne.

View of the Village is an 1868 painting A French painter of the Barbizon school, Frédéric Bazille paints in 1868 a view of the village with a girl looking out at us, seated on a ledge that is shrouded by a dark overhanging tree. View of the Village Analysis This is an oil painting by

Camille Pissarro was a French Impressionist and in Place du Theatre francais, Sun Effect from 1898 the various elements are painted quickly, as if with a glancing eye over a Parisian square that is bustling with activity. The people, carriages and horses are sketched with an economy of effort and, as the title suggests, the

Faure as Hamlet is an 1877 portrait painting by French artist Édouard Manet. Analysis of Faure as Hamlet Édouard Manet paints in 1877 his friend and art collector, the famous baritone Jean-Baptiste Faure as Hamlet in Verdi’s operatic role. The painting is done in a matter-of-fact manner by the artist. The dark costume is loosely

Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Lise with Umbrella from 1867 sees a woman shielding her face with a lace parasol. His model Lise Tréhot is dressed in white which accentuates the sunlight in the forest. Her face, in shade, provides an occasion for Renoir to paint dappled light on her hat, face, and shoulders. It is unknown where

George Bellows painted Blue Morning in 1909. It was the last of several dedicated to the portrayal of the building of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station in New York City. George was an American painter noted for his libertarian advocacy of individual rights and his insistence on painting all aspects of contemporary society. Blue Morning has

Here George Bellows captures all the vicissitudes of the modern city of New York as people of all classes are shown going about their daily business. Bellows, who painted this in 1911, even locates here several ‘times’, as the skyscraper is counterbalanced by the horse-drawn carriage – there is a visual escalation of the modernizing

French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir paints in 1896 The Artist’s Family, with his wife’s attention trained on the toddler, with his children in varying poses either facing or turned from us. The choice of moment is informal and casual. The picture, instead of being highly structured, has the appearance of a photographic snapshot but also

In 1882 Pierre-Auguste Renoir paints a portrait of Charles and Georges Durand-Ruel, the two sons of his own art dealer and promoter Paul Durand-Ruel. The two young men sit in a confident pose in front of typically hazy greenery but the main concern of the artist is to paint the textures of their jackets and

Barges on the Loing, Saint Mammès is a bright scene painted in 1885 by French Impressionist Alfred Sisley that devotes a large amount of picture space to the colored light effects of the sky. Sisley contrasts this lightness with deep browns and black in the foreground wooden beams and the barges. Saint-Mammès is a commune

In French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s 1876 work Girl Braiding her Hair, we see Renoir’s model, Suzanne Valadon, portrayed dreamily attending to her hair. The entwining of the hair can be seen as analogous to the entwining of the girl’s presence of mind with her absorption in a daydream. Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Girl Braiding her Hair

In 1874 French Impressionist Alfred Sisley The Lesson, depicting a boy and girl is shown across from each other at a table studying. The paint is thickly applied and little effort is made by the artist to portray his characters. He is more concerned with the act of concentration and the decorative possibilities of the

French Impressionist painter Alfred Sisley was fond of painting water scenes like many of the Impressionists. He painted The Seine at Argenteuil in 1872. In this picture, two boats sail on the river near Paris while others are at the far bank. The tree of the left foreground, in particular, its leaves are exploited for

Good Friends is a 1909 Genre Landscape painting by American Impressionist artist William Merritt Chase. It is in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. Analysis of Chase’s Good Friends This picture depicts an Impressionistic treatment of flowers and plants which is typical of Chase. The colors shift before our eyes, bringing almost