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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner

On April 17, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, april 23, English

Joseph Mallord William Turner, English painter, April 23, 1775–December 19, 1851

Daguerrotype of JMW Turner, 1847

Death on a Pale Horse (?) c.1825–30 Oil paint on canvas, 23.5 x 29.8 in // Tate Gallery, London

San Giorgio Maggiore in the Morning, 1819 Watercolor on paper, 11 x 8.7 in // British Museum, London

Fishermen at Sea, 1796 Oil on canvas, 36 in x 48.1 in // Tate Britain, London

Peace – Burial at Sea,1842 Oil on canvas, 34 in × 34.1 in // Tate Britain, London

The Slave Ship, 1840 Oil on canvas, 35.7 in x 48.2 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Kenilworth Castle Date: c.1830 Watercolour, bodycolour and graphite on paper Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall, 1811 Oil on canvas, 35.3 in x 47.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Calais Pier, 1803 Oil on canvas, 67.7 in x 94.4 in // National Gallery, London

Fisherman's Cottage, Dover, circa 1790 Watercolor, 5.23 in x 7.87 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Norham Castle, Sunrise c.1845 Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851 Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N01981

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Petworth House: The North Gallery at Night, with Figures Contemplating Flaxman’s Statue, ‘St Michael Overcoming Satan, 1827 Ink, watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 5.6 x 7.6 in Tate Britain, London

Petworth House: The North Gallery at Night, with Figures Contemplating Flaxman’s Statue, ‘St Michael Overcoming Satan, 1827 Ink, watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 5.6 x 7.6 in // Tate Britain, London

The Opening of the Wallhalla, 1842 Oil paint on mahogany, 44.4 x 79 in Tate Britain, London

Joseph Mallord William Turner, South view of Salisbury Cathedral from the Cloisters, 1802 Watercolour, 35.3 x 13.4 in (framed) Victoria & Albert Museum, London

South view of Salisbury Cathedral from the Cloisters, 1802 Watercolour, 35.3 x 13.4 in (framed) Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Salisbury Cathedral Interior, looking towards the North Transept c.1801–5 Watercolor, 26 x 20 in Salisbury Museum, UK

Salisbury Cathedral Interior, looking towards the North Transept c.1801–5 Watercolor, 26 x 20 in Salisbury Museum, UK

Edgar Degas

On April 14, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, july 19

Edgar Degas, French Artist, July 19, 1834 – September 27, 1917

"In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the false." — Degas

Eugène Manet, 1874 Oil on canvas, 25.6 x 33.9 // Private Collection

Three Ukrainian Dancers, 1895 Pastel, 24.5 x 20.9 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

Edgar Degas, At the Milliner's, 1882 Pastel on pale gray wove paper (industrial wrapping paper), laid down on silk bolting, 30 x 34 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

At the Milliner's, 1882 Pastel on pale gray wove paper (industrial wrapping paper), laid down on silk bolting, 30 x 34 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Self Portrait with Evariste de Valernes, c.1865 Oil on canvas, 45.9 x 35.3 in Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Self Portrait Saluting, 1863 92x61cm Oil on canvas, 36.2 x 24 in // Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal

At the Mirror, c. 1889 Pastel on paper, 19.3 x 25.2 in // Kunsthalle, Hamburg

Harlequin and Columbina, 1886

Two Riders by a Lake, c.1861 Pen and ink // Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Paris

Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting, c. 1878–80 Oil on wood panel, 16 3/4 x 19 11/16 in // Cleveland Museum of Art

Dancer in Ukrainian Dress, 1899 Pastel over charcoal on tracing paper, 24.3 in x 17.9 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Lowering the Curtain, c.1880 Pastel Private Collection

Houses at the Foot of a Cliff (Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme.), circa 1895-1898 Oil on canvas, 36.2 in x 28.6 in // Columbus Museum of Art

The Road, 1878 Monotype (black ink) on china paper National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Portrait of a Woman, 1877 Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 × 21 in // Detroit Institute of Art

Woman with a Bandage, between 1872 and 1873 Oil on canvas, 13 × 9 3/4 in // Detroit Institute of Art

Violinist and Young Woman, ca. 1871 Oil and crayon on canvas, 18 1/4 × 22 in // Detroit Institute of Art

Woman with a Vase, 1872 Oil on canvas, 25.6 x 21.3 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Lorenzo Pagans and Auguste de Gas, 1871 - 1872 Oil on canvas, 21.25x 15.35 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Louis-Marie Pilet, Violoncellist in the Orchestra of the Opéra, 1868-69 Oil on canvas, 19.9 x 24 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Hélène Rouart in her Father's Study, circa 1886 Oil on canvas, 63.9 x 47.6 in // National Gallery, London

Place de la Concorde, 1875 Oil on canvas, 30.8 x 46.2 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

The Bellelli Family, 1858 Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 98.4 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

At the Races in the Countryside, 1869 Oil on canvas, 14.37 x 22 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

The Orchestra at the Opera, circa 1870. Oil on canvas, 22.2 x 17.7 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Woman Getting out of the Bath, c. 1877 Pastel over monotype on paper Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena

Woman in Street Clothes, Portrait of Ellen Andrée, 1879 Pastel on green-grey paper, 19 x 16.5 in // Private collection

Two Dancers, ca. 1879 Pastel and gouache on paper, 18 1/8 x 26 ¼ in // Shelburne Museum, Vermont

Woman in a Tub, 1886 Pastel on paper, 27.5 x 27.5 in // Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, Connecticut

James Ensor

On April 13, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, april 13, Belgian

James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor, Belgian painter, April 13, 1860 – November 19, 1949

Portrait of James Ensor, 1940s

Still Life with Chinoiseries, circa 1906 Oil on canvas, 30.9 in x 38.7 in // Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

Self Portrait with Demons, 1898 Lithograph, 21 1/16 x 14 5/8 in // Museum of Modern Art, New York

My Portrait in the Year 1960, 1888 Etching, 6.9 x 12 in Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent

Intrigue, 1890 Oil on canvas, 35.2 in x 58.6 in // Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

Self Portrait with Demons, 1898 Lithograph, 21 1/16 x 14 5/8 in // Museum of Modern Art, New York

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

Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge, circa 1872-1875 Oil on canvas, 26.2 x 19.7 in // Tate Gallery, London

The Thames in Ice, 1860 Oil on canvas, 29.3 21.7 in // Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Nocturne in Gray and Gold, from Westminster Bridge, 1874 Oil on canvas, 18.5 x 24.5 in // Burrell Collection, Glasgow

Mother of Pearl and Silver: The Andalusian, 1888(?)–1900 Oil on canvas, 75.3 x 35.3 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Alice Butt, circa 1895 Oil on canvas, 20 3/8 x 15 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Nocturne in Pink and Gray, Portrait of Lady Meux, 1881 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 36.6 in // The Frick Collection, New York

The Unsafe Tenement, 1858 Etching, 6.2 x 8.8 in // Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

Little Smithfield, 1872 Etching, 6.2 x 3.8 in // Colby College Museum of Art, Maine

The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea, 1878 Etching, 6.9 x 11.9 in // Art Institute of Chicago

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