Our last full day in New York, October 21st, we finished up our lengthy tour of the Met, concluding with one of its larger collections, the paintings of the 1800s. Most of the usual big names were there, often represented some of their earlier, less characteristic works. But these were often paired with their more mature works, affording an opportunity to observe their artistic development. Alas, my pix here are not in any strict order--we were flitting from one room to another, and the order of the rooms themselves lacked clarity...
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Manet, Young Lady in 1866; none other than his model of
the time, Victorine Meurent, who had posed famously, and
without clothes, for Olympia and Luncheon on the Grass |
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| Monet, Garden at Sainte-Adresse, 1867; before he was Monet... |
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| Monet, La Grenouille, 1869 |
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| Renoir, Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children, 1878 |
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| Berthe Morisot, Young Woman Seated on a Sofa, 1879 |
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| Camille Corot, Ville d'Avray, 1870 |
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| John Christian Dahl, Copenhagen Harbor by Moonlight, 1846 |
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Turner, Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall, 1811; characteristic
earlier work |
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Turner, Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute, 1835; very
popular, middle period |
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Turner, Whalers, 1845; not so popular later work; the world wasn't
quite ready for his proto-Impressionism... |
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| Rosa Bonheur, The Horse Fair, 1853 |
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| Courbet, The Waterspout, 1870 |
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| Albert Bartholome, The Artist's Wife, 1883 |
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Lucien Levy-Dhurmer, The Wisteria Room, 1910-1914; a Paris dining
room, gorgeous if a little out of order... |
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| Ditto...every aspect gorgeous... |
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| Degas' "Bronzes"; from his private studio, cast well after his death |
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| Degas, The Dance Class, 1874 |
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Degas, The Ballet from Robert the Devil, 1874; Robert the
Devil being Meyerbeer's famous opera; in its hey-day, Paris Opera
productions always included a 2nd act ballet, so the late-arriving
members of the Jockey Club could see their special lady friends
on stage...a tradition to which even Wagner famously succombed... |
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| Manet, The Dead Christ with Angels, 1864 |
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| Manet, The Funeral, 1867 |
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| Alfred Stevens, In the Studio, 1888 |
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| Manet, The Monet Family at their Garden in Argenteuil, 1874 |
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| Monet, Regatta at Sainte-Adresse, 1867 |
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| Monet, Morning on the Seine near Giverny, 1897 |
