The Met: 19th Century Paintings, 2

The Met's paintings from the 1800s, continued and concluded...

Monet, The Four Trees, 1891

Monet, Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, 1899

Monet, The Manneport near Etretat, 1886

Van Gogh, Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889

Van Gogh, Cypresses, 1889

Van Gogh, First Steps, after Millet, 1890

Van Gogh, Irises, 1890

Van Gogh, The Flowering Orchard, 1888

Van Gogh, Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace, 1885 

Van Gogh, Self-Portrait with Straw Hat, 1887

Seurat, Circus Side-show, 1887

Seurat, Landscape at Saint-Ouen, 1878

Seurat, Man Leaning on a Parapet, 1881

Seurat, View of the Seine, 1883

Seurat, The Gardener, 1882

Mary Cassatt, The Cup of Tea, 1881

Renoir, Tilla Durieux, 1914

Renoir, View of the Seacoast near Wargemont, in Normandy, 1880

Jules Bastien-Lepage, Joan of Arc, 1880

Klimt, Serena Pulitzer Lederer, 1899 

Klimt, Mada Primavesi, 1914

The Met: 19th Century Paintings, 1

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...

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

Monet, Garden at Sainte-Adresse, 1867; before he was Monet...

Monet, La Grenouille, 1869

Renoir, Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children, 1878

Berthe Morisot, Young Woman Seated on a Sofa, 1879

Camille Corot, Ville d'Avray, 1870 

John Christian Dahl, Copenhagen Harbor by Moonlight, 1846

Turner, Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall, 1811; characteristic
earlier work

Turner, Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute, 1835; very
popular, middle period

Turner, Whalers, 1845; not so popular later work; the world wasn't
quite ready for his proto-Impressionism...

Rosa Bonheur, The Horse Fair, 1853

Courbet, The Waterspout, 1870

Albert Bartholome, The Artist's Wife, 1883

Lucien Levy-Dhurmer, The Wisteria Room, 1910-1914; a Paris dining
room, gorgeous if a little out of order...

Ditto...every aspect gorgeous...

Degas' "Bronzes"; from his private studio, cast well after his death

Degas, The Dance Class, 1874

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...

Manet, The Dead Christ with Angels, 1864

Manet, The Funeral, 1867

Alfred Stevens, In the Studio, 1888

Manet, The Monet Family at their Garden in Argenteuil, 1874

Monet, Regatta at Sainte-Adresse, 1867

Monet, Morning on the Seine near Giverny, 1897

More New York Historical

We got to the New York Historical [sic] too late to see much more than the Tiffany lamps, but we did peek into a variety of both temporary and permanent exhibits. Next time....

Design by political fashionista Kelly Jacobs

Ubiqitous Swifties

Among the special exhibits

We did visit the Smith College exhibit on women's 
everyday wear over the decades

Refreshing to see said garments and not the usual

inauguration or Academy Award gowns

Quite a bit of deja vu, especially for Vicki

Quite a bit of social history too

Moving right along, Albert Bierstadt, The Last of the Buffalo, 1891

Bernard Buffet, Park Avenue..., 1989

Vicki inspects Picasso's Curtain for the ballet Le Tricorne, 1919

Interior of the great library

Ditto...another place where the architecture rivals the collection...
we'll be back