Alexandre Cabanel
The Birth of Venus
1875
The composition embodies ideals of academic art: mythological subject, graceful modeling, silky brushwork, and perfected form.
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Lord Leighton Frederic
Flaming June
1895
Inspired by the posture of a tired model, Frederic exaggerated her sinuous pose and then added sheer orange draperies. Her skin flushed by the sun, she is transformed into a personification of summer heat.
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A Thorn Amidst the Roses
James Sant
1887
A picture of two young Victorian women sitting together in a garden, the red-haired girl on the right has pricked herself with a rose thorn and leans toward her friend who takes her hand to remove the thorn. They sit against a background of dark, dense shrubbery.
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Springtime
Pierre-Auguste Cot
1873
This flirtatious duo in classicizing dress, painted with notable technical finesse, reflects Cot’s allegiance to the academic style of his teachers, including Bouguereau and Cabanel. Exhibited at the Salon of 1873, the picture was Cot’s greatest success, widely admired and copied in engravings, fans, porcelains, and tapestries
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Japanese Footbridge, Giverny
Claude Monet
1895
This canvas—one of Claude Monet’s first attempts to capture his garden in paint—derives its composition and vivid hues from the Japanese prints he collected. It marks the beginning of the artist’s thirty-year fascination with the colors of his flowers and plants.
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Almond Blossoms
Vincent van Gogh
1890
Large blossom branches like this against a blue sky were one of Van Gogh’s favourite subjects. Almond trees flower early in the spring making them a symbol of new life. Van Gogh borrowed the subject, the bold outlines and the positioning of the tree in the picture plane from Japanese printmaking.The painting was a gift for his brother Theo and sister-in-law Jo, who had just had a baby son, Vincent Willem. In the letter announcing the new arrival, Theo wrote: ‘As we told you, we’ll name him after you, and I’m making the wish that he may be as determined and as courageous as you.’ Unsurprisingly, it was this work that remained closest to the hearts of the Van Gogh family.