19th Century Art
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Edward Mitchell Bannister
Spurred on by an 1867 newspaper piece stating that "Negroes" had no artistic talent, the mostly self-taught Edward M. Bannister proved otherwise in his respected career.
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Thomas Eakins' The Agnew Clinic
Well-known for his 1875 The Gross Clinic, Thomas Eakins later painted The Agnew Clinic, another medical portrait which forthrightly depicted the trauma of breast cancer.
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Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paris
Views of the French capital by Impressionists Caillebotte and Monet and Post-Impressionists Van Gogh and Seurat.
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Harvest Scenes in 19th Century Art
Views of harvest-time by artists Camille Pissarro, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.
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Cleopatra in 19th Century Art
Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, as depicted in works by Jean-Léon Gérôme, Alexandre Cabanel, Gustave Moreau and Jean André Rixens.
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Late 19th Century Scenes of Summer
Three paintings by American-born artists Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt and Thomas Eakins captured new views of the Good Old Summertime.
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Artist Mary Cassatt in Spain
Best known for her loving scenes of mothers and children, Mary Cassatt also painted an 1873 series of Spanish works that showed an adventurously emerging talent.
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Marie Bashkirtseff
Before an untimely death from tuberculosis, Marie Bashkirtseff began a promising art career and kept vast journals detailing her unique perspective and life.
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Artist Alfred Sisley
While Alfred Sisley is not the best-known French Impressionist, his works offer a fine expertise and sense of tranquility.
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Edgar Degas in New Orleans
Edgar Degas was the only French Impressionist to travel to the United States, spending several months enjoying New Orleans' uniquely inspiring atmosphere.
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Artist William Sidney Mount
Painter William Sidney Mount rejected classical themes to celebrate everyday scenes from 19th century American life.
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Artist Albert Bierstadt
German-born Albert Bierstadt's vast, romantic paintings captured the spirit and promise of the early American West.
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British Artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Rossetti was one of the founders of The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood artistic movement. Both painter and poet, his images and words created an ethereally sensuous world.
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French Impressionist Gardens
Painters Claude Monet, Edouard Manet and Gustave Caillebotte depicted many beautiful elements of nature in their works, and they were also avid gardners.
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Berthe Morisot and Edouard Manet
Artist Berthe Morisot held her own among the male-dominated Impressionists, and her friendship with fellow painter Edouard Manet would influence her career and his own
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Artist Frederic Bazille
An excellent painter and also a patron of his Impressionist colleagues, Bazille's career was tragically cut short by his death in the Franco-Prussian War.
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Gustave Caillebotte
A fine artist in his own right, Caillebotte was also a patron of his fellow Impressionists and a collector and donor of significant works.
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Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Short biography of the talented and independent-minded daughter of England's Queen Victoria.
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John Singer Sargent
Short biography of the American expatriate known for his career as a portraitist and for his notorious painting Madame X.
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