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Emmanuel Viérin

On June 4, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, Belgian, june 30

Emmanuel Viérin, Belgian painter, June 30, 1869- January 13, 1954

Murray Urquart Portrait of Emmanuel Viérin, 1907
Charcoal, pastel and pencil on paper, 32.3 x 39.4 in
Private collection

Peasant with Wheelbarrow, 1893
Oil on canvas, 15 x 18.5 in
Private Collection

Palabre, c 1895
Oil on canvas, 15.7 x 11.8 in
Private Collection

Rocks at La Madrague, 1896
Oil on panel, 12.6 x 9.4 in
Private Collection

The Old Barn, 1900
Oil on canvas, 46.7 x 31.5 in
Groeningemuseum, Bruges

Pond – Summer Canal (Strobrugge), 1910
Oil on canvas, 59.1 x 39.4 in
Private Collection

Entrance to the Beguinage, Bruges, 1911
Oil on canvas, 47.2 x 31.5 in
Private Collection

View of Oranjezon, c 1915
Oil on cardboard, 20.5 x 14.6 in
Private Collection

Sunny Seascape, Domburg, c 1917
Oil on panel, 14.6 x 14.6 in
Private Collection

Avenue from Knokke to Westkapelle, 1919
Oil on canvas, 27.6 x 26.8 in
Private Collection

Bridge at Heule Watermill, c 1930
Oil on canvas, 61 x 38.2 in
Private Collection

Sunny Seascape, Domburg, c 1917
Oil on panel, 14.6 x 14.6 in
Private Collection

Bridge in the Snow at Diksmuide, 1946
Oil on canvas, 39.4 x 31.5 in
Private Collection

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Jan Matejko

On June 3, 2026 - 19th Century, june 24, Polish

Jan Matejko, Polish painter, June 24, 1838 - November 1, 1893

Self-Portrait, 1892
Oil on canvas, 43.3 x 62.9 in
National Museum in Warsaw

Portrait of Franciszek Matejko with Three Children, 1853 – 1854
Oil on canvas, 21.1 x 23.2 in
National Museum in Wrocław

Head of an Old Man with a Grey Beard, 1858
Oil on paperboard, 17.3 x 24.4 in
National Museum in Kraków

Portrait of Paulina Giebułtowska, 1862
Oil on canvas, 31.8 x 39.4 in
National Museum in Kraków

Stańczyk, 1862
Oil on canvas, 34.6 x 47.2 in
National Museum in Warsaw

Blind Veit Stoss with Granddaughter, 1865
Oil on canvas, 55.1 x 61.2 in
National Museum in Warsaw

Alchemist Sendivogius, 1867
Oil on panel, 51.6 x 28.5 in
Museum of Art in Łódź

Portrait of Maria Pusłowska, 1871
Oil on canvas, 40.2 x 53.5 in
Jagiellonian University Museum

Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God, 1873
Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 124 in
Jagiellonian University Museum

Portrait of Hetman Ostafij Daszkiewicz, 1874
Oil on cardboard, 22.6 x 28.5 in
Silesian Museum in Katowice

Wernyhora, 1883 – 1884
Oil on canvas, 81.1 x 115 in
National Museum in Kraków

Dąbrówka of Bohemia, 1886
Pencil drawing, 6.7 x 10 in
National Library of Poland

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Johan Barthold Jongkind

On May 25, 2026 - 19th Century, Dutch, june 3

Johan Barthold Jongkind, Dutch painter, June 3, 1819 - February 9, 1891

Jongkind, before 1891

Towpath near Overschie, 1865
Oil on canvas, 13.2 x 17.1 in
Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid

The Seine at Bas-Meudon, 1865
Oil on canvas, 13.4 x 18.9 in
Cleveland Museum of Art

Scene at Delft, 1865
Oil on canvas, 18 x 27.1 in
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven

Rue Notre-Dame, Paris, 1866
Oil on canvas, 15.3 x 18.5 in
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Marine Landscape, 1866
Oil on canvas, 11.4 x 17.3 in
National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana

The Church of Overschie, 1866
Oil on canvas, 18.1 x 30 in
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Barges, c 1867
Watercolor and graphite on paper, 13.4 x 21.9 in
Museum of Fine Arts, Valencia

Skaters, 1868
Oil on panel, 3.9 x 6.7 in
Palace of Fine Arts, Lille

Demolition Work in Rue des Francs-Bourgeois-Saint-Marcel, 1868
Oil on canvas, 21.8 x 29.3 in
Art Museum The Hague

Street in Nevers, 1877
Oil on canvas, 18.5 x 13 in
Musée D'Orsay, Paris

The Port of Honfleur, 1875
Oil on canvas, 20.1 x 30 in
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven

La Ciotat, 1880
Oil on canvas, 12.7 x 21.9 in
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Rotterdam by Moonlight, 1881
Oil on canvas, 13.6 x 22.2 in
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

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William Strang

On May 22, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, february 13, Scottish

William Strang, Scottish painter, February 13, 1859 – April 13, 1921

Self-Portrait, 1895
Etching, 8.8 x 6.2 in
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

The Soup Kitchen, 1889
Etching and drypoint, 10.8 x 8.5 in
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

Portrait of Admiral Sir John Fisher, 1900
Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in
Glasgow Museums, Glasgow

The Artist's Wife (Agnes Rogerson Strang), 1904
Pastel and charcoal on paper, 24 x 17 in
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

Thomas Hardy, c 1905
Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in
Glasgow Museums, Glasgow

Portrait of Lucien Pissarro, c 1906
Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in
Private Collection

The Japanese Fan, c 1910
Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in
Private Collection

The Opium Captain, c 1911
Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in
Private Collection

The Meeting Place, 1915
Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Flight, c 1915
Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in
Private Collection

Cynthia, 1917
Oil on canvas, 36 x 28 in
Private Collection

Vita Sackville-West, c 1918
Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in
Knole, Sevenoaks

Carl Larsson

On May 21, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, may 28, Swedish

Carl Larsson, Swedish artist, May 28, 1853 - January 22, 1919

Self-Portrait 1906
Oil on canvas, 37.8 x 28.7 in

Breakfast Under the Big Birch 1896
Watercolor on paper, 17.5 x 25.6 in
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

The Kitchen 1898
Watercolor on paper
16.5 x 23.6 in
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

The Flower Window, 1894
Watercolor on paper, 18 x 14 in
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Mama's and the Little Girls' Room, 1897
Watercolor on paper, 17 x 25 in
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Lisbeth Angling, 1898
Watercolor on paper, 17 x 25 in
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

A Day of Celebration, 1898
Watercolor on paper, 17 x 25 in
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Crayfishing, 1898
Watercolor on paper, 17 x 25 in
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Brita as Iduna, c 1901
Watercolor on paper, 50 x 35 in
Private Collection

My Eldest Daughter, 1904
Watercolor on paper, 26 x 20 in
Private Collection

Azalea, 1906
Watercolor, ink and pastel on paper, 17.7 x 24.4 in
Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm

Now It's Christmas Again, 1907
Watercolor on paper, 28 x 39 in
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Midwinter Sacrifice, 1915
Oil on canvas, 256 x 545 in
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Kawanabe Kyōsai

On May 19, 2026 - 19th Century, Japanese, may 18

Kawanabe Kyōsai, Japanese painter, May 18, 1831 - April 26, 1889

Photograph of Kawanabe Kyōsai, c 1880s
Albumen print, dimensions unknown
Private Collection

Never Seen Before: True Picture of a Live Wild Tiger, c 1863
Woodblock print, 14 x 10 in
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Hiei-zan, from the series Famous Places on the Tōkaidō, c 1863
Woodblock print, 14 x 9 in
National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan

Kawanabe Kyōsai, Historic Spots at Urashima, Kanagawa, from the series Famous Places on the Tōkaidō, c 1863 Woodblock print, 14 x 9 in Brooklyn Museum, New York

Historic Spots at Urashima, Kanagawa, from the series Famous Places on the Tōkaidō, c 1863
Woodblock print, 14 x 9 in
Brooklyn Museum, New York

Full Moon with Crow on Plum Branch, c 1870
Hanging scroll, ink on silk, 43 x 22 in
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Demon in Priest’s Robes, c 1860s
Woodblock print, 14 x 10 in
Private Collection

Beauty Before King Enma’s Mirror, c 1870
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 67 x 37 in
Private Collection

Urashima Tarō Riding a Turtle, c 1870
Fan print, color woodblock print, 9 x 10 in
Library of Congress, Washington, DC

Frolicking Animals, Nekomata and Tanuki Badger, c 1870
Ink and color on paper, 50 x 36 in
British Museum, London, UK

Izanagi and Izanami Giving Birth to Japan, c 1870
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 48 x 34 in
Private Collection

Kawanabe Kyōsai, Flowers and Birds, c 1870s Pair of six-panel folding screens, ink, color and gold on paper, 67 x 148 in Kawanabe Kyōsai Memorial Museum, Saitama, Japan

Flowers and Birds, c 1870s
Pair of six-panel folding screens, ink, color and gold on paper, 67 x 148 in
Kawanabe Kyōsai Memorial Museum, Saitama, Japan

Hell Courtesan, c 1870s
Woodblock print, 14 x 10 in
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

Renshishi, c 1880
Woodblock print, 10 x 15 in
Private Collection

Daruma, c 1887
Hanging scroll, ink on paper, 50 x 31 in
Private Collection

Henri Rousseau

On May 16, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, may 21

Henri Rousseau, French painter, May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910

Myself: Portrait-Landscape, 1890
Oil on canvas, 57.5 × 76.0 in
National Gallery Prague, Czech Republic

Carnival Evening, 1886
Oil on canvas, 44.9 × 59.1 in
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

Eiffel Tower, 1898
Oil on canvas, 63.8 × 51.2 in
The Phillips Collection, DC

The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope, 1905
Oil on canvas, 78.7 × 118.1 in
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland

Portrait of Monsieur X (Pierre Loti), c 1906
Oil on canvas, 25.8 × 21.3 in
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

The Flamingoes, 1907
Oil on canvas, 44.9 × 63.8 in
Private collection

The Football Players, 1908
Oil on canvas, 39.4 × 31.9 in
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY

In a Tropical Forest: Struggle Between Tiger and Bull, 1908
Oil on canvas, 45.7 × 63.8 in
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

View of the Bridge at Sèvres, 1908
Oil on canvas, 23.6 × 31.9 in
Saint Louis Art Museum, MO

The Muse Inspiring the Poet, 1909
Oil on canvas, 51.2 × 38.2 in
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Bouquet of Flowers, c 1910
Oil on canvas, 31.9 × 24.0 in
Tate, London, United Kingdom

Jaguar Attacking a Horse, 1910
Oil on canvas, 45.7 × 35.4 in
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

John Sell Cotman

On May 15, 2026 - 19th Century, may 16

John Sell Cotman, English painter, May 16, 1782 – July 24, 1842

John Joseph Cotman

Portrait of John Sell Cotman, 1841

Chalk on paper, 18.4 x 14.0 in

National Portrait Gallery, London

House at St Stephen's Road, Norwich, 1794

Pen and grey ink with grey, blue and red wash on paper, 5.1 x 6.8 in //

British Museum, London

Mountainous Landscape, North Wales, c 1802

Watercolor and gum over graphite on medium slightly textured cream wove paper, 8.50 x 12.63 in //

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT

Greta Bridge, c 1805

Watercolor, 9 x 12.9 in //

British Museum, London

Mousehold Heath, 1810

Drawing on paper, 11.7 x 17.1 in //

British Museum, London

Caverns Excavated in the Rock within the Castle of Chateau Gaillard, near Andelys, Normandy, 1822

Graphite and brown wash on medium smooth cream wove paper, 12.2 x 17.8 in //

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT

Abbatial House of the Abbey of St Ouen at Rouen, 1825

Watercolor on paper, 16.6 x 22.5 in //

Norfolk Museums Collections

Boats off the Coast, Storm Approaching, 1830

Watercolor over traces of graphite, with gouache, scratching out, stopping out, and gum arabic, 18 9/16 × 25 11/16 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Drainage Mills in the Fens, Croyland, Lincolnshire, c 1835

Oil on canvas, 21.7 x 36.1 in //

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

A Castle in Normandy

Graphite on paper, 7 5/16 x 10 1/2 in //

Cleveland Museum of Art

Windmill, Norfolk

Watercolor, 3.9 x 4.9 in //

Private collection

The Mouth of the Yare

Oil on canvas

Private collection

Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk, 19th century

Watercolor over graphite on medium moderately textured beige wove paper, 13.38 x 9.48 in

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT

Edward Lear

On May 10, 2026 - 19th Century, English, may 12

Edward Lear, English artist and illustrator, May 12, 1812 – January 29, 1888

Edward Lear, 1866

A Weasel, 1832

Watercolor with pen in brown ink, with gouache and gum over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper, 7.4 x 11 in //

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut.

Greater Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo, 1832

Lithograph on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, 22 x 15.1 in //

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut.

Head of a Chimpanzee, 1835

Watercolor painting over graphite drawing

Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Landscape with Goatherd, c 1842

Oil on canvas, 10.5 x 14.5 in //

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

A Young Lady of Hull, from A Book of Nonsense, 1846

Shkodra: Albanians Smoking by the River Drin, 1851

Howakte 10.45 AM, 1867

Watercolor with pen in brown ink and gouache over graphite on wove paper, 3 1/8

x 5 1/4 inches //

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut.

Masada on the Dead Sea, 1858

Oil on canvas, 18 3/4 x 30 in //

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Cover for A Book of Nonsense, 1862

Dwejra, 1886

The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Greece, c 1870:

Pencil and watercolor heightened with white, on buff paper, 3 7/8 × 7 5/8 in

J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Edward Lear, The Artist Playing the Piano

Edward Lear Playing the Piano

Jean-Léon Gérôme

On May 10, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, may 11

Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter, May 11, 1824 – January 10, 1904

Jean-Léon Gérôme, photograph by Nadar, c 1910

Young Greeks Attending a Cock Fight, 1846

Oil on canvas, 56.2 x 80.3 in //

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Portrait of Armand Gérôme, 1848

Oil on canvas, 19.7 x 17.2 in //

National Gallery of Art, London

Portrait of a Woman, 1848

Oil on canvas, 36.4 x 29 in //

Art Institute of Chicago

Recreation in a Russian Camp, 1855

Oil on canvas, 23.2 x 39.7 in //

Private collection

Egyptian Recruits Crossing the Desert, 1857

Oil on panel, 24.4 x 41.7 in //

Private collection

Thumbs Down, 1872

Oil on canvas, 37.9 x 58.7 in //

Phoenix Art Museum

Diogenes, 1860

Oil on canvas, 29.3 x 39.7 in //

Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Phryne Before the Areopagus, 1861

Oil on canvas, 31.4 × 50.3 in //

Hamburger Kunsthalle

Jerusalem,1867

Oil on canvas, 32 × 56.9 in //

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Éminence Grise, 1873

Oil on canvas, 27 x 39.7 in //

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Pain, 1891

Bronze

Vesoul, France

Truth Emerging from Her Well, 1896

Oil on canvas, 35.8 x 28.3 in //

Musée Anne de Beaujeu, Moulins, France

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