Were Pre-Raphaelite landscape paintings just a brief and unimportant, passing phase, or did they have significant influence?
Pissarro
It wasn’t until later in his career that he discovered his formula for success: putting farm animals into his landscapes.
Known only to the French, his pointillism, Symbolism, and bold use of colour bring startling results.
You’ve probably heard of him, but can’t recall any of his paintings. Here is a small selection from his more than 2,000 oils.
His paintings move through Impressionism to a distinctive Post-Impressionism, with swirling brushstrokes, and more subtle colour.
Was he really one of the most important French painters of the nineteenth century?
An innovator and major influence in the Impressionist movement, he seems to have been judged on his poorer works, not these, his best paintings.
A noted critic and sculptor, a career painter, and an artist who became a local politician, with examples of their work.
Trees in snowy landscapes, as painted by Bruegel, van Ruisdael, Courbet, and a multitude of Impressionists. A Wintry feast.
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