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Le Vase Paillé
Paul Cézanne, oil on canvas, 1895 This still life depicts a ginger jar with fruit. Read more →
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Un Coin de Table
Paul Cézanne, oil on canvas, 1895–1900 This still life depicts a table, napkin, and fruit. Read more →
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Woman with a Parasol
Claude Monet, oil on canvas, 1875 Woman with a Parasol depicts Camille Monet and her son, Jean. It embodies the impressionist concept of the ‘glance’ — a snapshot in time; in this case, a stroll on a sunny day (source). Read more →
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Houses of Parliament, London, Sun Breaking Through the Fog
Claude Monet, Oil on canvas, 1904 This work may be contrasted with the austere palette and rather duller tones of The Thames Below Westminster, painted some 30 years previously. Read more →
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Le Moulin de la Galette
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, oil on canvas, 1876 This painting depicts a happy scene in the Moulin de la Galette, a square in Montmartre, Paris, on a Sunday afternoon. Some commentators have observed that the girl in the striped dress (middle foreground) is Estelle, a sister of one of Renoir’s models. Other figures from the artist’s life… Read more →
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Le Déjeuner des Canotiers
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, oil on canvas, 1881 The Luncheon of the Boating Party is unmistakably one of Renoir’s greatest masterpieces. The level of detail evident in, for example, the still life, the characters’ faces and poses, and the moored boats, signifies a break in Renoir’s previous abstractions and a move towards a new post-impressionist style. Read more →