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Jusepe de Ribera

On May 5, 2025 - 17th Century, American, january 12, Spanish

George Inness

On May 1, 2025 - 19th Century, American, may 1

George Inness, American landscape painter, May 1, 1825 – August 3, 1894

Home at Montclair, 1892 Oil on canvas, 30.1 inx 45 in // Clark Art Institute, Willaimstown, Massachusetts

George Inness, 1890

The Mill Stream, Montclair, New Jersey, circa 1888 Oil on canvas, 30.5 in x 45 in // Minneapolis Institute of Art

Evening at Medfield, Massachusetts, 1875 Oil on canvas, 38 x 63 1/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Cecilia Beaux

On May 1, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, may 1

Cecilia Beaux, American artist, May 1, 1855 – September 17, 1942

Cecilia Beaux, circa 1888

New England Woman, 1895 Oil on canvas, 43 x 24 1/4 in // Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Twilight Confidencess, 1888 Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 28 in // Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia

Georges Clemenceau, 1920 Oil on canvas, 47 in x 36.7 in // Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

On April 30, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, october 10

Maurice Brazil Prendergast, American artist, October 10, 1858 – February 1, 1924

Prendergast in 1913, photo by Gertrude Käsebier

Grand Canal, Venice, c.1898 - c.1899 Watercolor on paper, 9 x 13.6 in

Boston Harbor, c.1900 - c.1905 Watercolor on paper, 28.26 x 39.37 cm // Private Collection

Santa Maria Formosa, Venice, c.1911 - c.1912 Pencil, watercolor, paper, 23.16 x 15.25 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Flying Horses, c.1900 - c.1901 Watercolor on paper, 13.6 x 21 in Private Collection

At the Shore (Capri), c.1898 - c.1899 Watercolor on paper, 10 x 14 in // Private Collection

Untitled (Kneeling Man), 1891 Watercolor and pencil on paper, 6 ¾ x 3 ¾ inches // Private Collection

Lake, New Hampshire, c.1910 - c.1913 Watercolor on paper, 8.75 x 11.75 cm // Private Collection

Edward Hopper

On April 20, 2025 - 20th Century, American

Robert Henri

On April 17, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, july 12

Robert Henri, American painter, June 24, 1865 – July 12, 1929

"There are mighty few people who think what they think they think." — Robert Henri

Betalo Rubino, Dramatic Dancer, 1916 Oil on canvas, 77 1/4 × 37 1/4 in // Saint Louis Art Museum

Salome, 1909 Oil on canvas John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida

James McNeill Whistler

On April 12, 2025 - 19th Century, American, july 11

James McNeill Whistler, American artist, Jul 11, 1834 – Jul 17, 1903

Nocturne in Blue and Green, 1871 Oil on canvas, 19.7 x 23.3 in // Tate Gallery, London

Bibi Valentin, 1859 Etching, plate: 6 x 9 in Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Crepuscule in Flesh Color and Green: Valparaiso, 1866 Oil on canvas, 75.88 x 58.42 cm Tate Gallery, London

Note in Pink and Brown, ca. 1880 Charcoal and pastel on dark brown wove paper, 11 3/4 x 7 1/4 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Harmony in Gray and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander, 1872 - 1873 Oil on canvas, 74 3/4 x 38 1/2 ins // Tate Gallery, London

The Swan, Chelsea, c. 1870 Etching // The Cleveland Museum of Art

Courtyard and Canal, 1879 - 1880 Chalk, 30.1 x 20.2 cm

Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket, 1875 Oil on panel, 23.7 in x 18.2 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Grey and Silver: Old Battersea Reach, 1863 Oil on canvas, 20 × 27 in // Art Institute of Chicago

James Whistler, Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, Dieppe, 1885 Gouache and watercolor on off-white wove paper, mounted on academy board, 7 15/16 x 5 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, Dieppe, 1885 Gouache and watercolor on off-white wove paper, mounted on academy board, 7 15/16 x 5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Coast of Brittany (aka Alone with the Tide), 1861 Oil on canvas, 34.4 x 45.5 in // Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford

James Whistler, Study: Maud Seated, 1878 Lithotint with scraping and roulette in black ink on ivory wove proofing paper, 10 7/16 × 7 1/4 in Art Institute of Chicago

Study: Maud Seated, 1878 Lithotint with scraping and roulette in black ink on ivory wove proofing paper, 10 7/16 × 7 1/4 in // Art Institute of Chicago

The Dancing Girl, 1868 - 1870 Pastel, 11 x 7 in

James Whistler, Two Doorways, Series/Portfolio: First Venice Set ("Venice: Twelve Etchings,") 1880 Etching and drypoint; fourth state of thirteen (Glasgow); printed in black ink on ivory laid paper, 7 15/16 x 11 1/2 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Two Doorways, Series/Portfolio: First Venice Set ("Venice: Twelve Etchings,") 1880 Etching and drypoint; fourth state of thirteen (Glasgow); printed in black ink on ivory laid paper, 7 15/16 x 11 1/2 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

James Whistler, Rose and Silver–Portrait of Mrs. Whibley, 1895-1896 Watercolor on brown paper, 11 1/8 × 7 3/8 in The National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC

Rose and Silver–Portrait of Mrs. Whibley, 1895-1896 Watercolor on brown paper, 11 1/8 × 7 3/8 in // The National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC

The Priest's Lodging, Dieppe, c.1897 Oil on panel, 6.5 x 9.6 in // The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

Arrangement in Gray: Portrait of the Painter, ca. 1872 Oil on canvas, 29 1/2 × 21 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Nocturne in Gray and Gold, Westminster Bridge Oil on canvas, 18.5 in x 24.5 in // Burrell Collection, Glasgow

Henry Ossawa Tanner

On April 10, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, june 21

Eadweard Muybridge

On April 9, 2025 - 19th Century, American, april 9, English

Eadweard Muybridge, British-born American Photographer, April 9, 1830 – May 8, 1904

Eadweard Muybridge

Pi-Wi-Ack (Shower of Stars), Vernal Fall, 400 Feet, Valley of Yosemite, 1872 Albumen print, 17 in x 12.50 in // San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Boys Playing Leapfrog, 1883–86, printed 1887 Collotype Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Horse in Motion, 1878

Arthur Wesley Dow

On April 6, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, april 6

Arthur Wesley Dow, American artist, April 6, 1857 – December 13, 1922

Dow posed at the Grand Canyon for Alvin Langdon Coburn.

Arthur Wesley Dow, Willows in the Meadow, from Ipswich Prints, first set, 1902 Photo-mechanical relief reproduction on paper, 7 x 8 in Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA

Willows in the Meadow, from Ipswich Prints, first set, 1902 Photo-mechanical relief reproduction on paper, 7 x 8 in // Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA

Cosmic Cities, Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1912 Oil On Canvas, 60 x 78 in Private Collection

The Long Road--Argilla Road, Ipswich, ca. 1898 Color woodcut, 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 in // Brooklyn Museum, New York

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