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A work made of oil on panel.

Springtime, c. 1860

Théodore Rousseau

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Terrace, c. 1660

Dutch

Orange, yellow, and white flowers in a brown vase on a round table, with a blue-green floral tablecloth and mottled, brownish background. Each perceived main color is made up of strokes of bright, vibrant colors—reds, blues, pinks, and purples—lending dimension to the scene.

Chrysanthemums, 1881–82

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A work made of oil on canvas.

Sea View, Calm Weather (Vue de mer, temps calme), 1864

Édouard Manet

A work made of oil on panel.

Pasture in Normandy, 1852

Constant Troyon

A work made of oil on canvas.

Tobias and the Angel, 1878

Jean Charles Cazin

Painting of four figures in blue, red, brown dresses playing croquet.

Croquet Scene, 1866

Winslow Homer

Abstract painting in various bright colors—yellow, blue, red, green, orange, pink—with lines indicating building-like structures as well as canons in the lower right corner.

Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons), 1913

Vasily Kandinsky

Portrait of a straight-faced, light-skinned man with a bushy, light-brown beard and rosy cheeks wearing a dark vest, jacket, and shiny top hat. He grasps a thin cane, held horizontally, with both hands.

Édouard Manet, 1867

Henri Fantin-Latour

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses, 1884–89

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

A work made of oil on canvas.

Two Sisters, Valencia, 1909

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida

A work made of oil on canvas.

A Turn in the Road, 1873

Alfred Sisley

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Banks of the Marne in Winter, 1866

Camille Pissarro

Abstract painting composed of a central tangle of vibrant colors—purple, pink, orange, green, red—on a mostly gray background, subtly divided into rectangular areas.

City Landscape, 1955

Joan Mitchell

A work made of oil on canvas.

Landscape, 1865/70

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

Nocturnal landscape painting with lush trees and a large patch of sky with visible brushstrokes. Multiple small, seated figures line the foreground.

Landscape with Figures, c. 1870

Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña

Surrealist painting of cannon, artichokes, clock, train, desolate backdrop.

The Philosopher's Conquest, 1913–14

Giorgio de Chirico

A work made of oil on panel.

Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac, 1654–56

David Teniers the Younger

Painting of two fishermen in small wooden boat on rocky seas.

The Herring Net, 1885

Winslow Homer

A work made of oil on canvas.

Lion Hunt, 1860–61

Eugène Delacroix

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