Manet’s remarkably early painting of a cyclist dates from 1871, but the Impressionists appear to have ignored the new kings of the road.
de Nittis
Railways and painting have been intertwined since 1844. Turner, Manet, Monet, van Gogh, and others show how.
Conclusions: did he paint Impressions, and was he a member of the Impressionist group?
Another wonderful batch of what are most probably his paintings.
The final four and a half years of De Nittis’s career were busy, productive, and successful.
Almost forgotten today, he was technically brilliant, and a full-bore Impressionist. Here is his life and paintings to 1879.
An overview of an extraordinary art exhibition, and its 30 contributors.
A painter in enamel, three assorted landscape painters, and probably the most gifted artist of the whole group.
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