Renoir | Les Grands Boulevards, 1875

Philadelphia Museum of Art | Perhaps Renoir's most famous view of Paris is this archetypal image of its newest and most fashionable district in the 1870s.

The Grands Boulevards is full of the pigment daubs and bright colors that are characteristic of Impressionism.

The modern life in the city is transmitted through visible strokes of paint, which operate as immediate sensory cues that allow the viewer to perceive this world as though it is passing by. This is the magic of Renoir's Paris.

The world of the painting is truly historical--the modern city emerging--even though his translation of this place is a subjective and fleeting impression.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Two Vases of Chrysanthemums, 1884

• "If you paint the leaf on a tree without using a model, your imagination will only supply you with a few leaves; but Nature offers you millions, all on the same tree. No two leaves are exactly the same. The artist who paints only what is in his mind must very soon repeat himself".


• "Se dipingi una foglia su un albero senza usare un modello, la tua immaginazione potrà' fornirti solo alcuni tipi di foglie; ma la natura ti offre milioni di foglie, tutte sullo stesso albero. Non ci sono due foglie esattamente uguali. L'artista che dipinge solo ciò che nella sua mente molto presto ripeterà se stesso".

Pierre-Auguste Renoir🎨

Sir George Clausen RA | A gleaner, 1901

Sir George Clausen RA (b London, 18 Apr. 1852; d Cold Ash, nr. Newbury, Berkshire, 22 Nov. 1944). British painter (mainly of landscapes and scenes of rural life), the son of a decorative painter of Danish descent.

His training included a few months at the Académie Julian, Paris, in 1883 and his work was influenced by French plein-air painting. He was particularly interested in effects of light, often showing figures set against the sun, but he always retained a sense of solidity of form.

Gustave Caillebotte | Laundry drying, 1892

Gustave Caillebotte🎨 (August 19, 1848, Paris, France - February 21, 1894, Gennevilliers), French painter🎨, who was a member and patron of the Impressionists, although he painted in a more realistic manner than many others in the group. Caillebotte was noted for his early interest in photography as an art form.

Caillebotte created more than 500 works during his lifetime.

Leopold Schmutzler | Lady with flowers

Leopold Schmutzler (1864-1940) was a Bohemian-born German painter, specialized in portraits, figures and Rococo-style genre scenes.

His style was generally realistic with Art-Deco elements.

John Singer Sargent | Girl reading by a stream, 1888

• "Non si fanno mai abbastanza schizzi. Fai uno schizzo su qualsiasi cosa e mantieni attiva la tua curiosità".
• "Impressionismo è il nome che è stato dato ad una certa forma di osservazione quando Monet, non contento di usare gli occhi per vedere le cose o il loro aspetto come tutti gli altri avevano fatto prima di lui, ha posto la sua attenzione su ciò che accadeva nella sua retina (così come un oculista avrebbe esaminato la propria vista)".
• Impressionism was the name given to a certain form of observation when Monet, not content with using his eyes to see what things were or what they looked like as everybody had done before him, turned his attention to noting what took place on his own retina (as an oculist would test his own vision)".

John Singer Sargent🎨 (American painter🎨, 12 January 1856 - 14 April 1925)

Alfred H. Maurer | Young Woman in Kimono, 1901

Title: Young Woman in Kimono
Artist: Alfred Henry Maurer⏩ (New York City, 1868 - 1932)
Date: 1901
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: Height: 76.2 cm (30 in.), Width: 73.2 cm (28.82 in.)
Current location: National Gallery of Art - Washington DC