(b. July 10, 1830, St. Thomas, Danish West Indies--d. Nov. 13, 1903, Paris)
French
Impressionist
painter,
who endured prolonged financial hardship
in keeping faith with the aims of Impressionism. Despite acute eye
trouble, his later years were his most prolific. The Parisian and
provincial scenes of this period include
Place du Théâtre Français
(1898) and
Bridge at Bruges
(1903).
[Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1994]
Photographs by Mark
Harden.
Garden of Les Mathurins at Pontoise
The Stage Coach at Louveciennes
1870; Musée d'Orsay
Le verger (The Orchard)
1872 (160 Kb); Oil on linen, 45.1 x 54.9 cm (17 3/4 x 21 5/8");
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Entrance to the Village of Voisins
1872
Gelee blanche (Hoarfrost)
1873 (230 Kb); Oil on canvas, 65 x 93 cm (25 5/8 x 36 5/8");
Musee d'Orsay, Paris
Les chataigniers a Osny (The Chestnut Trees at Osny)
c. 1873 (220 Kb); Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm (25 5/8 x 31 7/8");
Private collection, New Jersey
Village Path
1875; Rudolphe Staechelin Foundation, Basel