H.B. Cavalcanti

Corrodi’s got famous with his use of Romanticism’s lighting in specific Middle Eastern backdrops… (Hermann David Salomon Corrodi, “The Kiosk of Trajan on the Banks of the Nile, Egypt,” ca. 1905, oil on canvas, at the Ary Jan Art Gallery collection, in Paris; it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Co...)

O’Keeffe said, “One can’t paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt.” This work came out of her late-night walks… (Georgia O’Keeffe, “New York Street with Moon,” 1925, oil on canvas, in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museu Nacional collection; www.museothyssen.org/en/collectio...)

Nelson painted this while working for the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal program that supported artists during the Great Depression… (Carl Gustaf Nelson, “Central Park,” 1934, oil on canvas, in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection; www.si.edu/object/centr...)

Monet painted several coastal scenes around Trouville in the summer of 1870 shortly after marrying his wife Camille Doncieux… (Claude Monet, “Entrance to the Port of Trouville,” 1870, oil on canvas, in the Museum of Fine Arts collection, in Budapest; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cl...)

Hassam was a leading member of the Lyme Art Colony, and this church became a frequent and central motif in his work… (Childe Hassam, “Church at Old Lyme, Connecticut,” 1905, oil on canvas, in the Buffalo AKG Museum collection; buffaloakg.org/artworks/190...)

Onderdonk was a Texan Impressionist painter known for sweeping landscapes of bluebonnet fields. Here he captures the warmth of changing seasons… (Robert Julian Onderdonk, “October Landscape,” n.d., in private collection; www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...)

Sometimes art is pretty straightforward - like the intersection of Columbus Avenue and Appleton Street in Boston’s South end, on a wet day… (Childe Hassam, “Rainy Day, Boston,” 1885, oil on canvas, in the Toledo Museum of Art collection; emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/5498...)

“A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfect plain, you end up boring people.” Edgar Degas, in Jeanniot’s Memories of Degas, 1933 (Edgar Degas, “In the Woods,” ca. 1870-73, in private collection; eclecticlight.co/2017/09/12/e...)

A Danish realist painter, Monsted is best known for his detailed landscape of rural life, with scenes that embodied the essence of a region... (Peder Mørk Mønsted, “Courtyard interior from Blaabæk Watermill,” 1921, oil on canvas, in private collection; www.pinterest.com/pin/71600204...)

Bugatti’s birthday (b. 1884) was last Friday. The Italian sculptor was known for his carefully hand-carved wildlife sculptures… (Rembrandt Bugatti, “Growling Panther,” 1907; sladmore.com/artists/remb...)

In the 1930s, struggling to make ends meet during the Depression, Pollock submitted his only mosaic to the WPA Federal Art Project. His entry was rejected… (Jackson Pollock, “Untitled CR1048,” ca. 1938-41; news.artnet.com/art-world/ja...)

The centerpiece of the Library of Congress’ Great Hall is the Minerva mosaic depicting the goddess of wisdom, learning, and civilization… (Elihu Vedder, “Minerva of Peace,” 1897, in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC; vastphotos.com/photo/librar...)

MOMA’s “Nilima Sheikh: Fractured Skies” exhibition opened on Sep. 27. Her work weaves landscape, history, poetry and political memory… (Nilima Sheikh, “Home, Land 2,” 2024, mixed tempera and collage on paper, in the Sunita and Vijay Choraria private collection; www.moma.org/calendar/exh...)

A student of Bouguereau and Cabanel, Collin painted still-lives, portraits and genre pieces, rendering his subjects en plein air… (Louis-Joseph-Raphaël Collin, “Morning,” 1884, oil on canvas, in the Philadelphia Museum of Art collection; www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...)

Lord Tennyson’s poem inspired this Pre-Raphaelite work, as clues foretell her fate: swallows fly low as the wind blows her hair and extinguishes the candles… (John William Waterhouse, “The Lady of Shalott,” 1888, oil on canvas, in the Tate Britain collection; www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks...)

This print was part of Utagawa’s One Hundred Famous Views of Edo series. By then he had been a woodblock print artist for 32 years… (Utagawa Hiroshige, “Maple Trees at Mama, Tekona Shrine, and Linked Bridge,” 1857, woodblock print; www.sothebys.com/en/articles/...)

Hudson River School painters thrived on painting Autumns. Here’s Moran’s vibrant autumnal woodland landscape in Pennsylvania… (Thomas Moran, “Cresheim Glen, Wissahickon, Autumn,” 1864, oil on canvas, in private collection; www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...)

A member of the Hudson River School, Bierstadt is known for his sweeping, highly idealized depictions of the American West… (Albert Bierstadt, “Mount St. Helens, Columbia River, Oregon,” 1889, in private collection; www.bonhams.com/auction/2547...)

This work is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition, “Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous” which opened on Oct. 4… (Lee Krasner, “Bald Eagle,” 1955, oil, paper, and canvas collage on linen, in the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao collection; www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en/exhibitio...)

Klimt applies thin, layered oil paints with dabs and strokes to create shimmering, multi-colored textures for leaves, bark, and ground… (Gustav Klimt, “Beech Grove,” 1902, oil on canvas, in the Galerie Neue Meister collection, in Dresden; www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...)

Parrish’s works are distinct for their saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery. Most of them are in private collections… (Maxfield Parrish, “Autumn Brook,” 1948, oil on board, in private collection; www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...)

Created shortly before his death from pneumonia in 1906, at the age of 67, Cezanne’s late landscapes reflect nature’s raw energy… (Paul Cezanne, “Chateau Noir,” 1904-05, oil on canvas, in private collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pa...)

Autumn in the Southwest is sparse, but still glorious… (Maynard Dixon, “Lazy Autumn,” 1943, oil on canvas, in the Brigham Young University Museum of Art collection; moa.byu.edu/artwork-of-t...)

The Brooklyn Museum’s “Cézanne to Modigliani” exhibition opened on Oct. 2, displaying stellar modern art works from the Pearlman Collection… (Vincent van Gogh, “Tarrascon Stagecoach,” 1888, oil on canvas, in the Pearlman Collection; www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/...)

Celebrating Henry Lerolle’s birthday (b. 1848) with his most important painting, set in the choir loft of the Saint-François-Xavier church in Paris… (Henry Lerolle, “The Organ Rehearsal,” 1885, oil on canvas, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection; www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...)

Matisse painted this six months after the outbreak of WWII. Art, he told a friend, kept him balanced in light of the tragedy unfolding beyond his studio… (Henri Matisse, “Interior with an Etruscan Vase,” 1940, in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection; www.clevelandart.org/art/1952.153)

St. Lousian Cornoyer is best known for his park scenes seen through the atmospheric reflections of rain or the soft calm of a snowy blanket… (Paul Cornoyer, “The Plaza after the Rain,” 1908, oil on canvas, in the Saint Louis Art Museum collection; www.slam.org/collection/o...)

This work was Manet’s last painting of his favorite model, the fellow painter Victorine Meurent, who also modeled for “Olympia” and “The Luncheon on the Grass”... (Édouard Manet, “The Railway,” 1873, in the National Gallery of Art collection, in Washington, DC; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rai...)

Carved in high relief from a single piece of agate, this extraordinary vase was most likely created in an imperial workshop for an emperor… (Unknown artist, “The Rubens Vase,” ca. 400 CE, Byzantine Empire, agate and gold in the Walters Art Museum collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:By...)

The MFA Boston will be the only venue for “Renoir and Love” in the U.S., with works from the Musée d’Orsay and the National Gallery in London… (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, “Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette,” 1876, oil on canvas, Musée d’Orsay collection, in Paris; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_du_...)

A member of the Hudson River School, Beers was one of a few commercially successful professional women landscaper painters of her day… (Julie Hart Beers, “Woodland Creek,” 1877, oil on canvas, in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art; artbma.org/artwork/wood...)

Typical shin-hanga (“new prints”) work, combining the traditional Japanese ukiyo-e collaboration (artist, carver, printer, publisher) with Western-style realism… (photo: Kawase Hasui, “Autumn in Shiobara, Under the Tengu Rock,” 1950, woodblock print; www.potomackcompany.com/auction-lot/...)

Corot was one of the first 19th-century French artists to focus on realistic depiction of his native landscape… (photo: Jean-Baptist-Camille Corot, “Wood Gatherers at the Foot of a Large Oak,” 1872, oil on canvas, in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Co...)

Krøyer painted his wife in the couple's garden the year their child was born. They rented that house in Skagen for its peaceful surroundings… (photo: Peder Severin Krøyer, “Marie in the Garden,” 1895, oil on canvas, in private collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ma...)

In Palestinian contemporary art, the olive tree is a central symbol of an unbroken bond to the ancestral homeland, survival, and deep roots… (photo: Maher Naji, “Olive Harvest,” 2017, oil on canvas, in the Palestinian Museum US collection, in Woodbridge, CT; progressive.org/latest/insid...)

Pollock use of “Autumn” in the title refers to the earthy brown and black tones and the season’s natural, fluid movements… (photo: Jackson Pollock, “Autumn Rhythm: Number 30, 1950,” enamel painting on raw canvas, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection; galeriemagazine.com/lee-krasner-...)

The Gilded Age was a time of technological and industrial innovations. This work was commissioned for a Kodak ad… (photo: Elizabeth Shippen Green, “New Kodak,” 1906, mixed media on board, in the National Museum of American Illustration collection; americanillustration.org/gilded-age-e...)

Matisse’s signature use of non-naturalistic, vibrant color to build mood show his Fauvist approach. In this case painting his wife, Amelie Matisse… (photo: Henri Matisse, “Red Madras Headdress” 1907, oil on canvas, in The Barnes Foundation collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le...)

Zoff was a prominent Austrian mood-impressionist landscape painter. His choice of palette colors for this work show the extent of his skills… (photo: Alfred Zoff, “On the Riviera [Rocky Coast],” 1887-88, oil on canvas, in the Gallery Belvedere collection, in Vienna; artvee.com/dl/an-der-ri...)

What I love about this work is Manet’s playful notion that daily chores can be fun… (photo: Édouard Manet, “Laundry,” 1875, oil on canvas, in the Barnes Foundation collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C...

Wyeth painted nearly 4,000 illustrations in his career. This work was in Kenneth Roberts Little’s book, Trending into Maine, 1938… (photo: NC Wyeth, “The Doryman,” 1933, in the National Museum of American Illustration collection, in Newport, Rhode Island; americanillustration.org/project/nc-w...)

In the summer of 1918, Isabella rented a cottage in Gloucester, MA. There, her friend Martin painted her reading in the garden… (photo: Martin Mower, “The Fountain,” 1918, watercolor on paper, in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum collection; www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/c...)

A gifted painter, known for intricate scenes of tropical jungles, Isono traveled extensively in the South Pacific, Africa and North America… (photo: Hirō Isono, “The Great Waterfall,” n.d., acrylic on canvas, in private collection; www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...)

This work is part of the Mexican Cultural Institute’s new exhibition, “The Meeting Point (Punto de Encuentro)” in San Antonio… (my photo: Lucia Zambrano, “México en la piel” (Mexico in my Skin),” n.d.)

Fischer’s Danish Impressionism captures the atmospheric light, dusk glows, and bustling city life of Copenhagen… (photo: Paul Gustav Fischer, “Evening Street,” ca. 1920, oil on canvas, in private collection; www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=8...)

Heinrich was best known for his detailed natural landscapes and mountain studies. He studied art in Dresden and Vienna… (photo: August Heinrich, “Rocky gorge in the Uttewalder Grund in Saxon Switzerland,” 1820, in the Belvedere Gallery collection, in Vienna; artvee.com/dl/felsensch...)

The Newfoundlander Post-Impressionist artist painted delicate landscapes and scenes of modern life in mosaic-like color… (photo: Maurice Prendergast, “Rocks, Waves and Figures,” ca. 1902–1904, watercolor with graphite, in The Barnes Foundation collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ma...)

Unlike classic quiet luminist works, Bierstadt's show smooth, nearly visible brushstrokes for that clean, realist finish in his expansive landscapes… (photo: Albert Bierstadt, “Kings River Canyon, California,” 1873-74, oil on canvas, in private collection; www.wikiart.org/en/albert-bi...)

O’Keeffe instructed the museum to display the treetop facing the top border, in an ambiguous position. The artist laid down on the bench to paint the tree… (Georgia O’Keeffe, “The Lawrence Tree,” 1929, in the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La...)

Born in Tofino, British Columbia, Jorgensen studied at the Vancouver School of Art. He currently paints from his Vancouver Island studio… (photo: Paul Jorgensen, “On the Road to Cortona,” 2022, acrylic on canvas, in private collection; www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...)