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Monet Painting in His Studio Boat by Manet
An 1874 oil on canvas painting, Monet Painting in His Studio Boat, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. Claude Monet (1840-1926) took the impressionist ideal of painting outdoors one step further and built himself a floating...

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Bazille's Studio by Bazille
An 1870 oil on canvas, Bazille's Studio, by Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870), the French impressionist painter. The impressionists used their own studios to show works to their friends. Here in Bazille's studio, Edouard Manet (1832-1883), holding...

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A Woman in Black at the Opera by Cassatt
An 1880 oil on canvas, A Woman in Black at the Opera, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. Female impressionists like Cassatt had a different choice of subject than their male counterparts, often focussing on feminine...

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The Arceuil Aqueduct by Guillaumin
A c. 1874 oil on canvas, The Arceuil Aqueduct at Sceaux Railroad Crossing, by Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927), the French impressionist painter. The impressionists were eager to show the new industrial architecture of the age, such as railway...

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Nocturne in Blue and Green: Chelsea by J .M. Whistler
An 1871 oil on wood, Nocturne in Blue and Green: Chelsea, by James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), the American painter.

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The Two Milliners by Signac
An 1885-6 oil on canvas, The Two Milliners, by Paul Signac (1863-1935), the French impressionist painter. This austere depiction of two milliners in a highly-organised composition was another challenge to the more traditional impressionist...

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The Regatta at Molesey by Sisley
An 1874 oil on canvas, The Regatta at Molesey, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the British impressionist painter. Painted at Molesey near Hampton Court, Sisley here captures the impression of flags caught in a breeze. The artist wrote, "These...

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Summer Scene by Bazille
An 1869 oil on canvas, Summer Scene (aka Bathers), by Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870), the French impressionist painter. Bazille's innovation here is to take the traditional study of the male nude and make it into a contemporary scene of weekend...

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The Church at Moret, Evening by Sisley
An 1894 oil on canvas, The Church at Moret, Evening, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the British impressionist painter. Sisley painted this work at Moret-sur-Loing as part of a series to show the changing effects of light and colour on the...

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Woman with a Pearl Necklace by Cassatt
An 1879 oil on canvas, Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. In the 19th century, society still generally frowned upon women becoming artists, and so Cassatt, along with Berthe...