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    The Water Lily Pond, Claude Monet, 1900.
    Edmondo and Therese Morbilli, Edgar Degas, c1865.Garlic Seller, Jean-Francois Raffaelli, c1880.Girls Picking Flowers in a Meadow, Pierre-Auguste Renior, c1890.Visit to a Museum, Edgar Degas. The standing woman is Mary Cassat, who has a connection to Hawaii.Dance at Bougival, Pierre-Auguste Renior, 1883.Algerian Girl, Renoir. Local women would not remove their veils so white women were used as models.Victorine Meurent, Edouart Manet, c1862.Street Singer, Edouard Manet, c1862.Flowers and Fruit on a Table, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1865.Gustave Courbet painted this while jailed for his role in the Paris Commune uprising.Edge of the Woods, Theodore Rousseau, c1850.Forest of Compiegne, Paul Huet, c1830.Path through the Forest near Fontainbleau, Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Pena, c1875.Pool in the Forest, Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Pena, c1875.At the Races in the Countryside, Edgar Degas, 1869.Waterworks at Marly, Alfred Sisley, c1876.Woman with a Parasol and Small Child on a Sunlit Hillside, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c1874.Meadow with Poplars, Claude Monet, c1875.Snow at Argenteuil, Claude Monet, c1874. I loved how the snowflakes had texture.The Pond, Paul Cezanne, c1877.Camille Monet and a Child in the Artist's Garden in Argenteuil, Claude Monet, 1875.Fashionable Figures on the Beach, Eugene Boudin, 1865.Seacoast at Trouville, Claude Monet, 1881.Venice, Santa Maria della Salute from San Giorgio, Eugene Boudin, 1895.

    National Gallery: Impressionists

    February 9 in Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C

    I was fortunate that my visit coincided with the National Gallery's special exhibit titled Into the Modern, which features impressionist masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Located on the third floor of the National Gallery, I was transfixed by the amazing paintings from Monet, Dega, Cezanne, and other famous names. I'd primarily associated impressionism with natural landcapes and depictions of people at play, and I was pleasantly surprised to see portaints, built landscapes, and even still life. I especially loved how the paintings looked different when viewed from different angles, and how everything, even snowflakes, had texture.Read more