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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

Madison Square, 1901 Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper, 15 3/8 × 16 13/16 in // Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Courtyard Scene, Siena, c. 1898-9 Watercolor and graphite on paper Honolulu Museum of Art

Maurice Brazil Prendergast, West Church Boston, between 1900 and 1901 Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite pencil on paper, 10 15/16 x 15 3/8in Museum of Fine Arts Boston

West Church Boston, between 1900 and 1901 Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite pencil on paper, 10 15/16 x 15 3/8 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

New England Harbor, between circa 1919 and circa 1923 Oil on canvas, 24 x 28 in // Cincinnati Art Museum

Honoré Daumier

On April 30, 2025 - 19th Century, february 26, French

Honoré Daumier, French artist, February 26, 1808 – February 10 or 11, 1879

Daumier c. 1850

Couple Singing, 1845-1850 Oil on canvas, 14.6 x 11.2 in // Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Honoré Daumier, Camille Desmoulins in the Palais Royal, c 1850 Charcoal, watercolor and gouache on cardboard, 21.8 x 17.6 in The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Camille Desmoulins in the Palais Royal, c 1850 Charcoal, watercolor and gouache on cardboard, 21.8 x 17.6 in // The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Honoré Daumier, The Two Colleagues (Lawyers Series), 1865–1870 Opaque and transparent watercolor, black ink, and charcoal on wove paper, 10 × 7 13/16 in Brooklyn Museum, New York

The Two Colleagues (Lawyers Series), 1865–1870 Opaque and transparent watercolor, black ink, and charcoal on wove paper, 10 × 7 13/16 in // Brooklyn Museum, New York

Fugitives, 1848 Plaster Relief, 21.5 x 36.8 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

David Cox Senior

On April 29, 2025 - 19th Century, april 29, English

David Cox Senior, English artist, 29 April 1783 – 7 June 1859

Shrewsbury Battlefield,1850 Watercolor

Rhyl Sands, circa 1854 Oil on canvas, 24.8 in x 17.8 in // Tate Britain, London

A Train on a Viaduct, unknown date Crayon and watercolor on paper, 3.3 x 4.5 in // Tate Britain, London

Travellers on a Path, brush and brown wash, over graphite

David Cox Senior, Windmill Watercolour on board, 9 x 6.25 Tate Britain, London

Windmill Watercolour on board, 9 x 6.25 in // Tate Britain, London

Calais: Hôtel de Guise, 1829 or 1832 Watercolour and graphite on paper // Tate Gallery, London

Naval Pensioner Watercolour and graphite on paper Tate, London

The Great Hall, Haddon Hall, 19th Century Watercolour over pencil on paper Birmingham Museums, United Kingdom

David Cox Senior, Place St. Barthélemy, Rouen, 1829 Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, 10 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT

Place St. Barthélemy, Rouen, 1829 Watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper, 10 3/8 x 8 1/2 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT

David Cox, Senior, The Old Bridge at Bridgnorth, Shropshire, 1809

The Old Bridge at Bridgnorth, Shropshire, 1809 Watercolor

Junction of the Severn and the Wye with a Rainbow, 1829

Georges Seurat

On April 27, 2025 - 19th Century, december 2, French

Georges Seurat, French painter, December 2, 1859 – March 29, 1891

Georges Seurat, 1888

The Seine at Courbevoie, 1885; France Oil on canvas, 31.9 x 25.6 in // Private Collection

View of Le Crotoy from Upstream, 1889 Oil on canvas, 27.7 in x 34.1 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

The Channel at Gravelines, Evening, 1890 Oil on canvas, 25.74 in x 32.24 in // Museum of Modern Art, New York

Corner of the Harbour, Honfleur, 1886 Oil on canvas, 31.8 x 25.5 in // Kruller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

Sunday at Port-en-Bessin, 1888 Oil on Canvas, 26 x 32 1/2 in // Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

Gray Weather, Grande Jatte, 1888 Oil on canvas, 27.9 × 25.9 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Models, 1886 Edit this at Wikidata Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 98.3 in // Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

View of Fort Samson, 1885 Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 32 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Young Woman Powdering Herself, between 1889 and 1890 Oil on canvas, 37.5 x 31.2 in // Courtauld Institute of Art, London

The Beach le Bas Butin at Honfleur, 1886 Oil on canvas, 26.3 x 30.7 in Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tournai

Study of Artist Aman-Jean, 1883 Pencil drawing, 24.4 x 21.3 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Georges Seurat, The Echo, Study for Bathers at Asnières, between circa 1883 and circa 1884 Conté crayon on Michallet paper, 12 5/16 × 9 7/16 in Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

The Echo, Study for Bathers at Asnières, between circa 1883 and circa 1884 Conté crayon on Michallet paper, 12 5/16 × 9 7/16 in // Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

The Sleeper Louvre, Paris

Madame Seurat, the Artist's Mother, from 1882 until 1883 Black chalk, 12 x 9.1 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Café-Concert, between 1887 and 1888 Conté crayon heightened with white chalk, 12 3/8 x 9 5/16 in // Cleveland Museum of Art

L'invalide, circa 1881

The Garbage Picker, from 1887 until 1888 Conté Crayon, 12 x 9.2 in // Museu da Chácara do Céu, Rio de Janeiro

The Zone (Outside the City Walls), 1882–1883 Black conte crayon on cream laid paper, 9 1/2 × 12 3/8 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Eden Concert, (Date unknown) Lithograph Columbus Museum of Art

Theodor Severin Kittelsen

On April 27, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, april 27, Norwegian

Theodor Severin Kittelsen, Norwegian artist, 27 April 1857 – 21 January 1914

Self-Portrait, 1891 Oil on canvas, 23.6 in x 17.9 in // National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo

Troll Who Washes His Brat

Troll Who Wonders How Old He Is, 1911 Illustration

Echo, 1888 Oil on canvas Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromso, Norway

Soria Moria Castle, 1900 Oil on canvas, 17.8 in x 27 in // National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo

Self-Portrait, 1884

Boy on white horse, between 1890 and 1909 Color pencil on paper Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø

Theodor Kittelsen, Jutulkamp (“Giant Fight”)

Askeladden's Adventure

Peer Gynt In the Hall of the Mountain King, 1913

Forest Troll, 1906

Theo Kittelsen “Mom, there’s a witch coming up the hill…”, 1894-95

Theodor Kittelsen: Sjotrollet (Sea Troll), 1887

War Between Frogs and Mice, 1885

17th of May Norwegian Constitution Day

Theodor Severin Kittelsen, The Dragon Awakens

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

On April 26, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, april 26, Finnish

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finnish painter, 26 April 1865 – 7 March 1931

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1906

Great Black Woodpecker, 1894 Oil on canvas, 57 in x 35.8 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Kalela on a Winter Night, 1896 Oil on canvas, 13.3 in x 10.2 in // Private collection

The Artist's Mother, 1896 Tempera on canvas, 12.9 in x 11.4 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Lake Keitele, 1905 Oil on canvas, 20.9 x 26 in // National Gallery, London

Jean-François Millet

On April 22, 2025 - 19th Century, French, nbd

Jean-François Millet, French artist, October 4, 1814- January 20, 1875

Painter Jean-François Millet by Nadar, 1856–58 Metropolitan Museum, New York

Manor Farm Cousin in Greville, 1854 Watercolor on paper, 8.85 x 11.10 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

Spring, 1868-1873 Oil on canvas, 33.9 x 43.3 in // Musée d’Orsay, Paris

The Large Shepherdess, c.1862 Etching, 12.6 x 9.4 in // Brooklyn Museum, New York

Death and the woodcutter, from 1858 until 1859 Oil on canvas, 30.3 x 39.3 in // Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen

Haystacks: Autumn, circa 1874 Oil on canvas, 33.4 x 43.3 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

A Woman Baking Bread, 1854 Oil on canvas, 21.6 x 18.1 in // Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

The Sheepfold, Moonlight, from 1856 until 1860 Oil on panel, 17.8 x 24.9 in // Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Portrait of the widow Roumy, 1842 Oil on canvas, 28.7 x 23.6 in // Musée Thomas-Henry, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France

The Faggot Gatherers, between c 1850 and c1855 Oil on panel, 11.9 x 7 in // National Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh

The Peasant Family, c 1871 Oil on canvas, 43 x 31.8 in // National Museum Cardiff, UK

Head of a Peasant, Study, 1872 Edit this at Wikidata Oil on wood, 28.2 x 26.6 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris

Portrait of a Naval Officer, 2nd third 19th century Oil on canvas, 31.8 x 25.5 in // Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, France

Recalling the Flock, circa 1869 Oil on panel, 4.5 x 6.1 in // Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

The Well at Gruchy, 1854 Oil on canvas, 15.7 x 12.7 in // Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The Tour de Chailly at Barbizon, 1873 Oil on canvas, 36 x 46.4 in // Private collection

Portrait of a Man, circa 1840 Oil on canvas, 23.2 x 18.5 in // Tokyo Fuji Art Museum

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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

La Madrileñita, 1910 Oil on canvas, 23 × 19 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Snow in New York, 1902 Oil on canvas, 32 x 25.7 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Fete du Dieu - Concarneau, 1899 Oil on canvas

Marine with Rocks, 1909 Oil on canvas

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