What’s the story with Renoir’s Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando?

• Truth about his real acrobat models
• What oranges represent
• Darkness lurking nearby

Mary Cassatt’s painting Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child dwells in motherhood. Its careful composition combines with a smudgy Impressionist technique. This painting captures a moment of messy mothering.

Gossip labeled that star of Nude in the Bath as “difficult”. But Pierre Bonnard delighted in her glorious colors:

Nude in the Bath‘s otherworld feels like love.
Marthe de Méligny – model, wife, and muse.
Including Frequently Asked Questions like, ” Why are Pierre Bonnard’s Nude in the Bath paintings important?”

Paris Street; Rainy Day gives us a slice of life. It’s an unromantic, realistic painting during peak Impressionism. At the same time it captures 19th century Paris with a fresh allure.

Nature versus Man whips like wind through the painting Approaching Storm. Eugène Boudin often painted the moneyed and middle class. Their fancy finery struck a wry contrast with Mother Nature.