#French Impressionism

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Morning Awakening, Eva Gonzalès, 1876

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Vincent van Gogh - The Stevedores in Arles.

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Claude Monet, The Studio Boat, 1874

(Monet’s floating “studio” in Argenteuil)

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Chrysanthemums

Artist: Berthe Morisot (French, 1841-1895)

Date: 1885

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Édouard Cortès Les Grands Boulevards

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Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919) • Still Life with Bouquet • 1871

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“I must have flowers, always, and always.” ― Claude Monet

Painting: "White Clematis" by Claude Monet

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Henri Gervex, Rolla (detail), 1878.

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux.

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Claude Monet (1840-1926)

Weeping Willow, 1921-1922

Oil on canvas

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1 ; Eponna Meridiana Wojciechowski

2 ; Meridiane Eponine Wojciechowski

3 ; Altros Hercs Clef once Francis Gallo Wojciechowski

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Jeune fille au jardin (1936), dir. Dimitri Kirsanoff 

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Woman Seated under the Willows, Claude Monet, 1880

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Paul Signac - Port-en-Bessin.

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Camille Pissarro, Charing Cross Bridge, London, 1890

Camille Pissarro, Hampton Court Green, 1891

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A Night at the Opera, Part III

Mary Stevenson Cassat (American, 1824-1936 ) • At the Opera • 1878 • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Opera in the Victorian era was as much for the performance, as it was for the social display of socialites and their fine attire. The latter perhaps having been more important. To see and be seen was so much a part of the opera experience, that with the advent of electric lights and the ability to dim the hall during performances, was met with complaints that patrons weren't able to view their surroundings.

Opera glasses were an integral part of the opera experience. All the better for views of the latest styles and courtship couplings. Opera glasses were being manufactured in beautiful, ornate styles to appeal to fashionable Victorians.

Opera glasses, 19th century. Museum no. S.320-1981. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Gentlemen wore top hats and tails to the opera. Just as important as clothing were the rules men had to follow when escorting a lady. For example, during intermission, when many opera-goers left their seats to promenade in the halls, a gentleman was obligated to ask if his lady companion was interested in doing so. If she declined, it was considred unmannerly to leave her seated alone at a performance.

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Victorian Etiquette - Etiquette at the Theatre, Opera and Concerts

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The Hippodrome, London

Artist: Everett Shinn (American, 1876–1953)

Date: 1902

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

Description

A souvenir of Everett Shinn’s only trip to Europe, The Hippodrome, London is apparently the first oil painting devoted to what would become the artist’s signature subject: popular entertainments such as the circus, vaudeville, and the theater. Shinn’s choice of subject matter and idiosyncratic perspective correspond to French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works by artists like Edgar Degas and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and also reflect his own theatrical interests and early career as an illustrator for periodicals. The Hippodrome opened in London in January 1900 as a circus and was transformed into a music hall a decade later; it is likely that Shinn attended a performance there during the venue’s first year.