Intro to Modern Art History
Pissarro, Camille - Hoarfrost (1873)
In 1874, Camille Pissarro declared war on the French Academy from the frozen fields of the Oise valley. Rejecting polished...
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Pissarro, 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...
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Pissarro, Camille - Boulevard Montmartre, Winte...
In 1897, a confined Camille Pissarro turned a hotel window into a laboratory of the modern world. Rejecting the romantic...
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Monet, 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...
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Monet, Claude - "La Grenouillère" (1869)
In 1869, a starving Claude Monet invented a visual shorthand to beat the camera. At the Frog Pond resort, he...
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Manet, Edouard - The Balcony (1868)
In 1869, Édouard Manet captured psychological disconnection on a Parisian balcony. While Baron Haussmann rebuilt the city, Manet painted the...
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Manet, 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...
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Manet, 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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Courbet, Gustave - Woman with a Parrot (1866)
In 1866, Gustave Courbet played the Academy at its own game. Woman with a Parrot was a tactical submission designed...
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Courbet, Gustave - The Sea (1865)
In 1865, Gustave Courbet insulted the Atlantic with a palette knife. He rejected the polished fluff of the Paris Salons...
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