Period
Impressionism
1850–1899
The age when painters left the studio for the open air, capturing fleeting light, colour, and atmosphere in quick brushstrokes. Monet, Degas, and Renoir broke with tradition under the banner of the “impression” — and opened the door to modern art.
Works of this period
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Dum Dum Church
Captain R. B. Hill · 1850s
St. Cecilia
Antoine Wiertz · 1850
Study for The Horse Fair
Rosa Bonheur · 1850
Fête de Saint Marc, Venise
Félix Ziem · 1850
Arabian Horses
Eugène Fromentin · 1850
St. John's Church, Calcutta
Captain R. B. Hill · 1850s
The Gladiator
Domenico Morelli · 1850
Gate Leading into Our House
Captain R. B. Hill · 1850s
Shipwreck
· 1850
The Roll Call of the Last Victims of the Terror
Charles Louis Müller · 1850
Gale at Sea
Alexandre Jean Noël · 1850
Port de Dinan, Brittany
W.A. Mansell · 1856
Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford
· third quarter 19th century
Length
· 1850s
Night Landscape with Monastery in Ruins
Lluís Rigalt · 1850
Garden in Indigo Districts
Captain R. B. Hill · 1850s
Boots
· late 19th century
Gateway to Government House, Calcutta
Captain R. B. Hill · 1850s
Horoscope with Floral Drawings
· 1850
The Painter's Studio
Gustave Courbet · 1850
Prinsep's Ghat, Calcutta
Captain R. B. Hill · 1850s
Dante and Virgil in Hell
William Adolphe Bouguereau · 1850
Tiger Family
· late 1800s
Outram Institute, Calcutta
Captain R. B. Hill · 1850s
Artists of this period
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