About the Paintings

  • Vincent van Gogh ‘The Factory’ (July–September 1887). Oil on canvas, 18 1/8 x 21 7/8 in. (46 x 55.6 cm). In the collection of The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia.

  • Claude Monet ‘Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight Effect’ (1903). Oil on canvas, 65.7 × 101 cm (25 7/8 × 39 3/4 in.). Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection. In the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

  • Camille Pissarro ‘The Place du Havre, Paris’ (1893). Oil on canvas, 60.1 × 73.5 cm (23 5/8 × 28 13/16 in.). Potter Palmer Collection. In the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

  • Edgar Degas ‘Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting’ (c. 1878–80). Oil on wood panel, framed, 42.5 x 50 x 6 cm (16 3/4 x 19 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.). Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. In the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.

  • Édouard Manet ‘The Folkestone Boat, Boulogne’ (c. 1868-1872). Oil on canvas, 23 5/8 x 28 15/16 inches (60 x 73.5 cm). The Mr. and Mrs. Carroll S. Tyson, Jr., Collection, 1963. In the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia.

  • Jean-Charles Cazin ‘The Boatyard’ (c. 1875). Oil on fabric, framed, 105.4 x 149.9 x 15.2 cm (41 1/2 x 59 x 6 in.). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin 1977.123. In the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.

  • Claude Monet ‘Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare’ (1877). Oil on canvas, 60.3 × 80.2 cm (23 3/4 × 31 1/2 in.). Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection. In the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

  • Claude Monet ‘The Studio Boat (Le Bateau-atelier)’ (1876). Oil on canvas, 28 5/8 x 23 5/8 in. (72.7 x 60 cm). In the collection of The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia.

  • Paul Signac ‘Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, Portrait of M. Félix Fénéon in 1890’ (1890). Oil on canvas, 29 x 36 1/2" (73.5 x 92.5 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller. In the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.