In narrative, including Degas’ ‘Waiting’, as a sign of wind, as an arc of colour, or simply to tell the viewer that it’s raining.
Impressionism
Spanish dancers, Madame X and scandal, Monet painting at Giverny, loose oil sketches, and a husband who became a surrogate dog.
Paintings of the Roman countryside by Michallon, Blechen, Camille Corot, Arnold Böcklin, and others following Valenciennes’ teaching.
From Anna Hills’ unspoilt coast near Laguna Beach in 1915, to Paul Dougherty’s California Cliffs of 1935, with others by Guy Rose, Granville Redmond, and more.
From Albert Bierstadt’s visit to the Farallon Islands in 1872, to George Bellows in 1917, with paintings from Mannheim, Granville Redmond and others in between.
Her studies of light moved indoors, using the shadows of kerosene lanterns, and depicting women in church.
One of Norway’s most famous artists, a pioneering woman painter and influential teacher. Exploring the play of light on interiors and more.
After some history paintings, he travelled to Venice, where many of his finest paintings were made. Then he fell ill with TB and died when he was only 25.
He painted successful watercolour views of Paris before he turned 18, and went on to paint across Europe in oils and watercolours that had great influence.
He trained in Paris from 1886, painting in the artists’ colony at Grez from 1890. He then returned to Japan, where he led the development of Western style, and Japanese Impressionism.
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