Claude’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Allegory in Honor of King Stanislas Leczynski (recto); Sketch of Standing Man with Outstretched Arms (verso)
Attributed to Claude Louis Desrais (French, 1746-1816) or Louis Jean Jacques Durameau (French, 1733-1796)
Promenade du Jardin du Palais Royal (The Palais Royal Garden Walk)
Louis Le Coeur (French, active 1780-1806) after Claude Louis Desrais (French, 1746-1816)
Water Lilies
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
E21: French Boudoir of the Louis XV Period, 1740–60
Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882–1966
Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare
E23: French Dining Room of the Louis XV/Louis XVI Periods, 1760–80
Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer)
Cliff Walk at Pourville
St. Jerome Praying
Claude Mellan French, 1598-1688
Water Lily Pond
E24: French Salon of the Louis XVI Period, c. 1780
The Beach at Sainte-Adresse
E18: French Salon of the Louis XIV Period, 1660–1700
E22: French Provincial Bedroom of the Louis XV Period, 18th Century
Bordighera
E19: French Dining Room of the Louis XIV Period, 1660–1700
E20: French Library of the Louis XV Period, c. 1720
Stacks of Wheat (End of Day, Autumn)
Branch of the Seine near Giverny (Mist)
On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt