Old World Portraits
An Old Woman with Cat
Max Liebermann
A heartwarming 19th-century portrait of a woman and her companion, rendered in a warm, textured realist style.
Mid 19th Century
Realist observation, academic portraiture, and luminous landscapes rooted in everyday life.
This period brings together quieter landscapes, portraiture, and richly observed scenes with a more intimate mood.
Moody Landscapes
Playing a Fish
Winslow Homer
This tranquil scene by Winslow Homer captures the quiet concentration of a lone fisherman amidst the atmospheric stillness of a lake at dusk.
Moody Landscapes
Marshland
Jules Dupré
A masterfully atmospheric 19th-century landscape capturing the moody light of a marshland under a sweeping, textured sky.
Figure Studies
Graziella
Jules Lefebvre
This evocative 1878 painting by Jules Lefebvre captures a moment of quiet contemplation by the sea.
Coastal Classics
Beach Scene
Edgar Degas
A peaceful Impressionist study of a quiet moment on a sandy shore, capturing the intimacy of a nurse tending to a child's hair.
Pastoral Scenes
Train in the Countryside
Claude Monet
An early Impressionist landscape by Claude Monet capturing the modern intrusion of a steam train into the peaceful French countryside.