Intro to Modern Art History
Pissarro, Camille - Seated Woman with Goats (1885)
In 1885, Camille Pissarro risked his career to embrace the radical discipline of Pointillism. Abandoning the breezy Impressionism the public...
Read morePissarro, Camille - Rue de l'Epicerie, Rouen (1...
By 1897, a confined Camille Pissarro turned a Rouen hotel window into a vantage point for a changing France. Market...
Read morePissarro, Camille - Hoarfrost (1873)
In 1874, Camille Pissarro declared war on the French Academy from the frozen fields of the Oise valley. Rejecting polished...
Read morePissarro, Camille - A Cowherd at Valhermeil, Au...
In 1874, Camille Pissarro rejected pastoral clichés for the grinding reality of Auvers-sur-Oise. While the Salon demanded romanticized peasants, Pissarro...
Read morePissarro, Camille - Boulevard Montmartre, Winte...
In 1897, a confined Camille Pissarro turned a hotel window into a laboratory of the modern world. Rejecting the romantic...
Read moreMonet, Claude - "The Magpie" (1868)
In 1868, Claude Monet committed a radical act by painting the snow. He rejected the Academy’s white filler for a...
Read moreMonet, Claude - "La Grenouillère" (1869)
In 1869, a starving Claude Monet invented a visual shorthand to beat the camera. At the Frog Pond resort, he...
Read moreManet, Edouard - The Balcony (1868)
In 1869, Édouard Manet captured psychological disconnection on a Parisian balcony. While Baron Haussmann rebuilt the city, Manet painted the...
Read moreManet, Edouard - Peonies (1864)
In 1864, Édouard Manet painted peonies because they die fast. While Napoleon III hosted grand balls, Manet used wet-on-wet brushwork...
Read moreManet, Edouard - Boating (1874)
In 1874, France was nursing a war hangover. Édouard Manet followed the middle class to Argenteuil to capture the birth...
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