Exquisite Arabic Muslim art and architecture in Granada, painted in topographic views, and by Franz von Lenbach, Henri Regnault, Martín Rico, Childe Hassam, Tom Roberts and others.
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Many aspiring painters visited the Prado in Madrid to study its collection of works by the masters. Here are some views of Spain they and its locals painted.
Pointillisme in the city, with Henri-Edmond Cross and Paul Signac, with more by John Singer Sargent, in the early years of the 20th century.
Maurice Prendergast,Henri-Edmond Cross, Martín Rico, Walter Sickert, John Singer Sargent, and others paint the canals.
Paintings by Martín Rico, a Spaniard who painted in Venice ever summer, and died in the city, Renoir, John Henry Twachtman, Frank Duveneck, Boudin, and others.
Landscapes featuring women washing linen and clothes from Isabey, Jongkind, Boudin, Berthe Morisot, Sisley and others.
Washing and drying clothes have been important activities in many landmark paintings. Selection from Isabey, Boudin, Gauguin, Renoir and others.
From Quiberon and the Vendée to Hendaye and Hondarribia, in paintings from Renoir, Signac, Pierre Bonnard and others.
From Ondines, who kill men by their curse, to a frozen fountain in Agubbio, and parks in New York, Paris and Rome.
Staffage – people, animals, birds, carts and ships – make a big difference to many landscape paintings. Have you met the Wanderer too?
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