MODERNISM & OPTICALITY:

Impressionism & Neo-Impressionism

Camille Pissarro Peasants and Hay Stacks, 1878 Oil on canvas, 61 x 91 cm Private collection

Claude Monet Haystacks at the End of Summer, Morning Effect, 1891 Oil on canvas, 60 x 100 cm Muse dOrsay, Paris

Claude Monet (1840-1926)

Rouen Cathedral
The Portal in the Sun, 1892 Oil on canvas, 100 x 65 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Facade (Sunset), 1892-1894 Oil on canvas, 100 x 65 cm Muse Marmottan, Paris Facade, 1892-1894 Oil on canvas, 100 x 65 cm Private Collection

Claude Monet, Water Lilies, 1914-26 Oil on canvas, three panels, 200 x 1276 cm overall The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Paul Signac, Le Clipper, Asnires, 1887 Oil on canvas, 43 x 53 cm Private Collection

Camille Pissarro, Lle Lacroix, Rouen, Mist, 1888 Oil on canvas, 44 x 55 cm The Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia

Paul Signac, Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, Portrait of M. Felix Fnon in 1890, 1890 Oil on canvas, 74 x 93 cm - The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, 1890 Cont crayon, 36 x 31 cm Private collection

Georges Seurat (1859-1891)

Aman-Jean, 1882-83 Cont crayon, 62 x 47 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Stone Breaker, Le Raincy, 1879-81 Cont crayon, 30 x 37 cm The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Georges Seurat

Mme Seurat, mre, 1882-83 (The Artists Mother) Cont crayon, 30 x 23 cm J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Woman Reading, ca. 1882 Cont crayon, 30 x 23 cm Collection Steve Martin

Georges Seurat
Une Baignade: Asnires, 1883-84 (Bathing Place, Asnires) Oil on canvas, 201 x 300 cm National Gallery, London
tude complte, 1883 (Final Study for Bathing Place, Asnires) Oil on wood, 16 x 24 cm The Art Institute of Chicago

Georges Seurat

Une Baignade: Asnires, 1883-84 (Bathing Place, Asnires) Oil on canvas, 201 x 300 cm National Gallery, London

Un dimanche la Grande Jatte, 1884-1886 (A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte) Oil on canvas, 207 x 308 cm - The Art Institute of Chicago

Georges Seurat, Un dimanche la Grande Jatte, 1884-1886 (A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte) Oil on canvas, 207 x 308 cm - The Art Institute of Chicago

Un dimanche la Grande Jatte, 1884-1886 (A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte) Oil on canvas, 207 x 308 cm - The Art Institute of Chicago
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Moulin de la Galette, 1876 Oil on canvas, 131 x 175 cm Muse d'Orsay, Paris

La Parade (The Sideshow), 1887-88 Oil on canvas, 100 x 150 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Le Chahut (The Can-Can), 1889-90 Oil on canvas, 170 x 141 cm Krller-Mller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands

Les Poseuses (The Models), 1888 Oil on canvas, 198 x 249 cm The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Les grandes baigneuses (The Large Bathers), 1887 Oil on canvas, 115 x 170 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art

Les Poseuses (The Models), 1888 Oil on canvas, 198 x 249 cm The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres The Valpinon Bather, 1806

Georges Seurat Model from the back, 1886

Les Poseuses (The Models), 1888 Oil on canvas, 198 x 249 cm The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania

Georges Seurat Jeune femme se poudrant, 1889-90 (Young Woman Powdering Herself) Oil on canvas, 95 x 79 cm Courtauld Institute Galleries, London

Berthe Morisot Woman at Her Toilette, ca. 1875 Oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm The Art Institute of Chicago

Edouard Manet (1832-1883) Nana, 1877 Oil on canvas, 154 x 115 cm Kunsthalle, Hamburg

Optical Opacity. Cross section of the human retina, from Hermann von Helmboltzs (1821-94) Physiological Optics (Eighteenth-century diagrams of light rays and Human eye)

Georges Seurat

Evening, Honfleur, 1886 Oil on canvas, 78 x 94 cm The Museum of Modern Art, New York

The Channel of Gravelines: Evening, 1890 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Paul Signac, Setting Sun. Sardine Fishing. Adagio, 1891 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Henri Matisse Luxury, Calm, and Pleasure, 1904 Oil on canvas, 37 x 46 cm Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris