Crépuscule : [estampe] ([3e état], épreuve d'artiste, n°8 ; 1879) / C. Pissarro ; impr. par E. Degas

“One must be simple, natural and have lots of character.” -- Letter from Camille Pissaro to his son Lucien, 28 February, 1900 In this painting, Pissarro has introduced men and wom...

The Impressionists, who played an active role in modern life, were devotees of the theatre, the café-concert and the opera and struck up relationships with actors, actresses, balle...

During the last decades of the nineteenth century, the photograph rapidly replaced the painted portrait as the public’s preferred medium for recording an accurate individual likene...

Although primarily known as a painter, Gauguin was a proficient sculptor who strongly influenced modern sculpture. The versions of this statuette that he made himself document his ...

Edgar Degas received a thorough academic art education. He studied with a pupil of Ingres and completed the course at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Initially, he attempted a traditiona...

Pissarro’s landscape are usually inhabited and worked. Traditional landscapes often incorporate ancient ruins and timeless figures in harmony with nature, such as bathers or nymphs...