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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

Édouard Manet

On April 10, 2025 - 19th Century, French, january 23

Édouard Manet, French artist January 23, 1832-April 30, 1883

Édouard Manet

Boats at Berck-sur-Mer, 1873 Oil on fabric, 13 3/8 x 21 15/16 in // Cleveland Museum of Art

Young Woman in a Round Hat, ca. 1877–79 Oil on canvas, 21 1/2 × 17 3/4 in // Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey

The Steamboat, 1868 Oil on canvas Philadelphia Museum of Art

Oysters, 1862 Oil on canvas, 15.4 in x 18.4 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C

Édouard Manet, Line in front of the Butcher Shop, 1870–71, published 1905 Etching on light blue laid paper, 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Line in front of the Butcher Shop, 1870–71, published 1905 Etching on light blue laid paper, 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Woman with a Fan (Jeanne Duval, Baudelaire's lover), 1862 Oil on canvas, 35.43 in x 44.48 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Repose, Portrait of Berthe Morisot, 1871 Oil on canvas 59.1 in x 44.8 in // Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, R.I.

Perched upon a Bust of Pallas, 1875 Illustration For "THE RAVEN" BY EDGAR ALLAN POE Lithograph 19 1/8 x 12 7/8 in // Cleveland Museum of Art

Édouard Manet, The Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil, 1874 Oil on canvas Courtauld Institute of Art, London

The Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil, 1874 Oil on canvas, 24.5 x 40.6 in Courtauld Institute of Art, London

Édouard Manet, Pierrot dancing, 1849 Ink on paper, 10.5 x 8 Private Collection

Pierrot dancing, 1849 Ink on paper, 10.5 x 8 in // Private Collection

Reclining Young Woman in Spanish Costume, 1862-63 Oil on canvas, 37 5/16 × 44 3/4 in // Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

Portrait of Emilie Ambre in role of Carmen, c.1879 Oil on canvas, 36.3 in x 28.9 in // Philadelphia Museum of Art

At the Père Lathuille Restaurant, 1879 Oil on canvas 36.2 in x 44 in /// Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai, France

The Balcony, 1868-1869 Oil on canvas, 66.9 in x 49 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Woman in furs (Portrait of Mery Laurent), 1882 Pastel, 21.25 x 13.4 in // Private Collection

The Artist (Marcellin Desboutin), 1875 Oil on canvas, 76 15/16 × 51 3/4 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Édouard Manet, Dragonfly, plate 1 from Le Fleuve, 1874 Etching, drypoint and aquatint in black on ivory laid paper, 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in Art Institute of Chicago

Dragonfly, plate 1 from Le Fleuve, 1874 Etching, drypoint and aquatint in black on ivory laid paper, 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Interior of a Café, c 1880 Oil on canvas Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, UK

The Salmon, 1868-1869 Oil on canvas, 28.4 x 36.2 in Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT

Manet's Mother in the Garden at Bellevue, 1880 Oil on canvas, 32.2 in x 25.5 in // Private Collection

Beggar with a Duffle Coat (Philosopher), 1865–1867 Oil on canvas, 73 7/8 × 43 1/4 in // Art Institute of Chicago

The Smoker (Le Fumeur), 1879–82 Etching and drypoint on blue laid paper, only state, 9 1/8 x 6 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

A young man peeling a pear (Portrait Of Leon Leenhoff), 1868 Oil on canvas, 33.5 x 28 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

The Races, 1865–72, published 1884 Lithograph on chine collé; third state of three, 15 1/4 × 20 1/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The "Kearsarge" at Boulogne, 1864 Oil on canvas, 32 1/8 x 39 3/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Édouard Vuillard

On April 4, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, november 11

Édouard Vuillard, French painter, November 11, 1868 – June 21, 1940

Self-portrait, Aged 21, 1889 Edit this at Wikidata Oil on canvas, 8.7 in x 6.8 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Seated Nude, 1903 Oil on canvas, 32 x 25.4 in // Private Collection

Breakfast at Villerville, 1910 Oil on board, 23 x 30.5 // Private Collection

Paul Cézanne

On March 27, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, january 19

Paul Cézanne, French painter, January 19, 1839 – October 22, 1906

“It is impossible for emotion not to come on us in thinking of that time now flowed away.”

Paul Cézanne in 1899

Ker Xavier Roussel, Paul Cézanne on the Hill of Les Lauves, 1906

Apples, Bottle and Chairback, c. 1904 - 1906 Pencil and watercolor, 17 1/2 x 23 1/4 in // The Courtauld, London

In the Woods, c.1900 Watercolor on paper // Private Collection

The Vase of Tulips, 1885–1895 Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 × 16 5/8 in / Art Institute of Chicago

Flowers and Fruit, c.1880 Oil on canvas, 14 x 8.25 in / Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris

Paul Cézanne, Penitent Magdalene, between circa 1868 and circa 1869 Oil on canvas, 66.1 in x 49.7 in Musée d'Orsay, Paris

I Penitent Magdalene, between circa 1868 and circa 1869 Oil on canvas, 66.1 in x 49.7 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

n the Woods, 1894 Watercolor on paper // Private Collection

Four Peaches on a Plate, 1890-1894 Oil on canvas, 10 1/16 × 15 3/16 in Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

Bottom of the Ravine, c 1879 Oil on canvas, 3/4 × 21 1/4 inches // The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Paul Cézanne, Ginger Pot with Pomegranate and Pears, 1893 Oil on canvas Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

Ginger Pot with Pomegranate and Pears, 1893 Oil on canvas, 18 1/4 x 21 7/8 in // Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

Portrait of Madame Cezanne, 1890 Oil on canvas, 18 5/16 x 15 3/16 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Paul Cézanne, Vase of Flowers, 1900 - 1903 Oil on canvas, 77 x 64 cm Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia

Vase of Flowers, 1900 - 1903 Oil on canvas, 30.3 x 25.2 in // Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia

Woman with a Coffeepot, Circa 1895 Oil on canvas, 38 x 51 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Still Life with Apples, a Bottle and a Milk Pot, c.1904 Watercolor on paper // Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

The Trees of Jas de Bouffan in Spring, c.1880 Watercolor on paper // Private Collection

A Turn in the Road at La Roche-Guyon, 1885 Oil on canvas, 25 3/8 x 31 1/2 // Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA), Northampton, MA

Jean Clouet

On March 26, 2025 - 16th Century, French

Jean Clouet, Netherlandish painter, c. 1485 – 1540/1

Portrait of Jean Clouet

Portrait of Marguerite of Navarre, circa 1527 Oil on panel, 23.5 in x 20.2 in, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Jean Clouet, Princess Charlotte c. 1517

Jean de La Barre, Comte d’Étampes, Seigneur de Bérets, 1520s Chalk on paper, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

Jean Clouet, Portrait of Jacques Ricard, circa 1515

Henry II of France as a Child, 1520s Oil on panel, 11.8 in x 9 in, Condé Museum, Chantilly, France

Portrait of François I as St John the Baptist, 1518 Oil on panel, 37.7 in x 31.1 in, Louvre Museum, Paris

Jean Clouet, Eleanor of Austria, 1530

Portrait of Charlotte of France, circa 1522 Oil on cradled panel, 7 in x 5.2 in, Minneapolis Institute of Art

Jacques Callot

On March 25, 2025 - 17th Century, French, march 25

Jacques Callot, French printmaker and draftsman, March 25, 1592-1635

Portrait of Jacques Callot, 1630 Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman the Elder after Anthony van Dyke

Dwarf with Contorted Legs, 1620 Etching Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Entry of Monsieurs de Vroncourt, Tyllon, and Marimont, 1627 Etching,8 x 11 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The miseries of war; No. 11, The Hanging, between 1632 and 1633 Etching print on paper, 3.1 in x 7.3 in Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Claude Monet

On March 24, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, november 14

Claude Monet, French painter November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926

Nadar, Claude Monet, c 1899

Claude Monet, French painter 1840-1926 Snow Effect, The Road to Louveciennes, 1870 Oil on canvas

At Val-Saint-Nicolas near Dieppe in the Morning, 1897 Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 39 3/8 in // The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

Boulevard des Capucines, 1873–1874 Oil on canvas, 31 5/8 x 23 3/4 in The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City

The Seine at Vétheuil, 1880 Oil on canvas, 23 3/4 x 39 1/2 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Argenteuil, 1872 Oil on canvas 20 × 26 // Seattle Art Museum

Hemerocallis, 1914-17 Oil on canvas Musée Marmottan-Monet, Paris

Road to Giverny in Winter, 1885 Oil on canvas, 23.6 x 31.9 in // Private collection

Claude Monet,Olive trees in Bordighera, 1884 Oil on Canvas 60×73 cm Private collection

Olive trees in Bordighera, 1884 Oil on Canvas, 23.6 ×29.9 in // Private collection

Claude Monet,Wisteria Oil on canvas 59 x 78.7 in Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College

Wisteria, 1919-20 Oil on canvas 59 x 78.7 in // Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College

Stormy Sea at Etretat, 1883 Oil on canvas, 39.3 in x 31.8 in // Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, France

The Train in the Country, c.1870 - c.1871 Oil on canvas, 25.6 x 19.7 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

Springtime, 1872 Oil on canvas, 19.7 x 25.6 in // Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Eugène Delacroix

On March 21, 2025 - 19th Century, april 26, French, pantheon

Théodore Géricault

On March 21, 2025 - 19th Century, French, pantheon

Théodore Géricault, French painter, September 26, 1791 – January 26, 1824

Horace Vernet Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Gericault, from 1822 until 1823 Oil on canvas, 18.6 in x 15.1 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Charging Chasseur, 1812 Oil on canvas, 11.4 ft x 104.7 in Louvre Museum, Paris

Study of a Man, c.1808 - c.1812 Oil on canvas, 25.6 x 31.9 in Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France

Portrait of a Kleptomaniac, circa 1820 Oil on canvas, 24 in x 19.7 in Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, Belgium

Gustave Courbet

On March 20, 2025 - 19th Century, French, june 10, pantheon

Gustave Courbet, French painter, June 10, 1819 – December 31, 1877

Gustave Courbet, c. 1860s Portrait photograph by Nadar

Snow, 1874 Oil on canvas Private Collection

The White Sail, 1877 Oil on canvas, 26 1/2 x 47 1/2 in // Private Collection

Seascape, 1874 Oil on canvas // Private Collection

The Greyhounds of the Comte de Choiseul, 1866 Oil on canvas, 35 1/4 x 45 7/8 in // Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri

Portrait of a Man, probably ca. 1862 Oil on canvas, 16 1/4 x 13 1/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Bay with Cliffs, c.1869, Oil on canvas, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford

La Grotte de la Loue/The Cave of the Lone, 1864 Oil on canvas, 38 3/4 x 51 5/16 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Poachers in the Snow, 1867 Oil on Canvas, 122 x 102 cm // Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome

Rocky landscape near Flagey, 1855 Oil on canvas // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Chateau de Chillon, 1874 Oil on canvas, 27 1/4 x 37 5⁄8 in // Private Collection

Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine (Summer), 1856 Oil on canvas , 80.9 x 94 in Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris

Peasant Wearing Madras, c 1849 Oil on canvas // Private Collection

Gustave Courbet, Dressing the Dead Girl/Dressing the Bride, c 1855 Oil on canvas Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts

Dressing the Dead Girl/Dressing the Bride, c 1855 Oil on canvas, 77 x 99 in // Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts

Gustave Courbet, Pomegranates, 1871 Oil on canvas, 18 x 37 cm People’s Palace and Winter Gardens, Glasgow

Pomegranates, 1871 Oil on canvas, 7.1 x 14.6 in People’s Palace and Winter Gardens, Glasgow

The Beach at Palavas, 1854 Oil on canvas, 14.9 in x 18.1 in /// Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

The Wrestlers, 1853 Oil on canvas, 99.21 in x 77.95 in // Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

Snow, 1874 Oil on canvas // Private Collection

Hunter on Horseback, c 1864 Oil on canvas, 47 × 37 1/2 in // Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

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