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A Bar at the Folies Bergere, 1881-82 by Edouard Manet.
Manet's last major painting. At first glance you see the bored looking barmaid staring off into the distance. Upon closer inspection we can see all the activity of the bar going on in the mirror. Including a patron whose presence is not doing anything to improve her mood - perhaps he caused the mood? Those tangerines just jump out at you, don't they?
Landscape at Chaponval, 1880 by Camille Pissarro, Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Pissarro is the only artist to exhibit his work at all the "Impressionist" shows. Throughout his career he remained true to the Impressionist vision of capturing moments in light.
Snow at Louveciennes, 1878 by Alfred Sisley, Musee d'Orsay, Paris.
Sisley was strongly influenced by Monet and also tried to capture light against the landscape.
Houses of Parliament, London, 1905 by Claude Monet, Musee Marmottan, Paris.
Another of Monet's views of Parliament. His goal was to paint the same thing in different light, which in turn would make a different impression, much darker, yet recognizable.
The Water-Lily Pond by Claude Monet, National Gallery London.
Monet is the most famous of the 19th century group of artists known as the Impressionists. The effect of the light upon the pond that Monet sought to capture was accomplished by using millions of small brush strokes. The water garden is part of his home at Giverny and he built it so he could paint the same scene at all the different times of the day, in order to capture all of the different effects of the light.
White and Pink Roses by Henri Fantin-Latour, Private Collection.
A friend of the Impressionists Manet and Bazille, in his early career Fantin-Latour was part of the traditional academic salon. He loosened his brush strokes after he came to know the Impressionists and their techniques.
The Poisoned Cup (aka "Carrying a Peacock") by John Dawson-Watson, 1869
Another artist discovered via Pinterest.
John Dawson-Watson was a British Impressionist whose early work seems very similar to John Everett Millais of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood fame. The rich colors and attention to detail found in this work becomes looser and more pastel after he studies Impressionism at Monet's home in Giverny.
The Cradle, 1872 by Berthe Morisot, Musee d'Orsay, Paris.
Morisot was the great-granddaughter of Jean-Honore Fragonard and studied art under her bother-in-law Edouard Manet and later Pierre Auguste Renoir. She exhibited at almost all of the Impressionist exhibitions.
Lydia at the Tapestry Loom, c. 1881, by Mary Cassatt
.Lydia was Cassatt's sister and a frequent subject in her paintings. Cassatt lived and studied Impressionism in Paris where she specialized in paintings of women and children and a look into their private lives.
Under the Horse Chestnut Tree by Mary Cassatt, 1895, Moma
American Impressionist artist Mary Cassatt is well known for her paintings of women and children. Although she never had children herself, she captures the intimate moments between the mothers and children that were her family and friends, with care and feeling.
The Nelson-Atkins and the St. Louis Art Museum have loaned their Waterlilies by Monet to the CMA so that the three images could be joined together again.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is hosting an exhibition entitled Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse now through January 5, 2016. The exhibition, organized by CMA and the Royal Academy of Arts in London, looks at the role of gardens to artists such as Claude Monet, who was also a horticulturist.
Spotted during the set-up for the exhibition, did the man himself drop by?
Portrait if
and his son, Robert Kelso Cassatt
by
,1884-85,
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
, the Impressionist artist, is well known for using her family as models in her artwork (men and boys are seen less often) as she spent a lot of her time around the women of the family. In this portrait we see
father and her brother sharing an intimate moment. Her father was a railroad man and probably not around the house as often, or willing to sit still for very long (pure conjecture on my part). Happy Father's Day - perhaps you can capture an image of your father today?
