Putting Degas’ many paintings and drawings of the ballet and its dancers into context – here are contemporary paintings.
Renoir
He painted many wonderful oil sketches and watercolours of other artists painting outdoors. Here are a few to enjoy.
Trying to elicit a specific taste seem over-ambitious, but why can’t great paintings at least make us feel peckish?
Music and musicians have been very popular themes for paintings since before the Renaissance. How successful are they in evoking our auditory imaginations?
His remarkable paintings of figures in landscapes were well received at the Salons. Then came the Franco-Prussian War, and his death after just 8 years of painting.
He was famously and tragically killed in 1870, but how well do you know his paintings?
In the 1870s, four major artists painted scenes of rowing and similar watersports – apparently independently.
Some of the Impressionists did paint (possibly) narrative works. But they didn’t always work out.
His paintings of trees reached a peak in 1887-92, with his series of poplars. Among these are some of the finest Impressionist paintings.
Monet’s paintings are overfamiliar, overexposed, and devalued. Can this book cast fresh light?
The Eclectic Light Company 