DETAILS
- Artist
- Walter Crane
- Date
- 1870
- Location
- William Morris Gallery
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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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Paris Street; Rainy Day
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Same era · 1850s–1880s
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Okada Saburosuke · 1884 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1850s–1880s
Gustave Boyer (b. 1840) in a Straw Hat
Paul Cézanne · 1870 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1850s–1880s
In the Adirondacks
William Hart · 1870 · Q847508
Same era · 1850s–1880s
Moroccan Horseshoer
Mariano Fortuny Marsal · 1870 · Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Same era · 1850s–1880s
Snow at Louveciennes
Camille Pissarro · 1870 · Art Institute of Chicago
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The Little Shepherdess
Jean-François Millet · 1870 · Art Institute of Chicago
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The Pink Dress (Albertie-Marguerite Carré, later Madame Ferdinand-Henri Himmes, 1854–1935)
Berthe Morisot · 1870 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1850s–1880s
Mountain View at Bormio (from Switzerland 1869 Sketchbook)
John Singer Sargent · 1869 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Edgar Degas · 1871 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art