Some of the most famous Impressionist paintings celebrated their role and their distinctive beauty, and how they show Mondrian becoming modern.
Thaulow
The Karl Johan in snow and starvation, in the rain, an anxious moment, and in the summer. Industrial buildings on the Akerselven River, skis in Majorstuen, and more views of the city.
With Frits Thaulow in Norway, van Gogh in Arles, the construction of what is now the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, and what can happen a railway carriage.
Crowded apartments in Montmartre, the Lower East Side in New York City, smoke in Charleroi and Dortmund, workers’ cottages, and more smoke.
By the end of the 19th century, 80% of those in Europe lived in towns and cities, drawn there by the promise of material riches that were not available to them in the country. This new series explores what they faced.
Paintings by Frits Thaulow, Emile Claus, Lesser Ury, Hans Andersen Brendekilde, Lovis Corinth, Tom Thomson and others. Brrrr!
Maurice Prendergast,Henri-Edmond Cross, Martín Rico, Walter Sickert, John Singer Sargent, and others paint the canals.
Rivers, rather than their banks, have been an unusual theme in landscape painting. Examples from Daubigny’s series in northern France, the specialist Frits Thaulow, and many others.
Reflections seen in landscapes from Dürer’s pioneering watercolour, through Poussin and Turner to Monet, Sisley and Neo-Impressionists.
Chillon Castle, Lake Geneva, Éragny Manor, a mansion in New York City, Kelmscott Manor (home of William Morris), Florence Griswold’s home in Old Lyme, CT, and more.
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