DETAILS
- Artist
- Walter Crane
- Date
- 1865
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THE ARTIST
Walter Crane
Walter Crane, a pivotal figure in the Arts and Crafts movement, transformed children's book illustration and used his art to champion socialist causes.
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Barks Fleeing Before the Storm
Léon-Victor Dupré · 1870 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Paris Street; Rainy Day
Kawabata Gyokushō · 1877 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1850s–1880s
A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)
Edgar Degas · 1865 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1850s–1880s
Cliffs on the Sea Coast: Small Beach, Sunrise (Falaise au bord de la mer, vu Petite Plage, soleil levant)
Gustave Courbet · 1865 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1850s–1880s
Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers
Édouard Manet · 1865 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1850s–1880s
Mirope Savati Gaye
Mariano Fortuny Marsal · 1865 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1850s–1880s
Valley of the Bedford
William Hart · 1865 · Fogg Museum
Same era · 1850s–1880s
Alfred Sisley
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1864 · Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection
Same era · 1850s–1880s
In the Auvergne
Jean-François Millet · 1866 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1850s–1880s
The Banks of the Marne in Winter
Camille Pissarro · 1866 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1850s–1880s
The Beach at Sainte-Adresse
Claude Monet · 1867 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1850s–1880s
Mountain View at Bormio (from Switzerland 1869 Sketchbook)
John Singer Sargent · 1869 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art