foreground: Pelican, c. 1896, designed by Emmanuel Frémiet (French) and made by Émile Muller et Cie (Ivry-sur-Seine, France), glazed stoneware. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
background: Pardon in Brittany, 1896, Gaston La Touche (French), oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1908, Carlo Carrà (Italian), oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
At the Circus: The Bareback Rider (Au Cirque: Écuyère), 1888, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), tambourine with oil on vellum. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
At the Moulin Rouge, 1892–95, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Branch of the Seine near Giverny (Mist), from the series Mornings on the Seine [detail], 1897, Claude Monet (French), oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Kneeling Youth, c. 1900, George Minne (Belgian), plaster. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Three Bathers, 1876–77, Paul Cezanne (French), oil on canvas. Collection of the Musée de la Ville de Paris, Petit Palais, Paris. On view at the Art Institute of Chicago May 15–September 5, 2022 during the Cezanne exhibition. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
James McNeill Whistler, 1869, Walter Greaves (English), oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
lower right: Armchair; 1880–90. Designed by Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo (English) for Pownall Hall, Cheshire and made by E. Goodall and Company; upholstery designed by Herbert P. Horne (English) and made by Simpson and Godlee (English, active about 1884) in Manchester, England. Satinwood and brass, with original printed cotton upholstery. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
James Vibert, Sculptor, 1907, Ferdinand Hodler (Swiss), oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Ad astra (To the Stars), 1894/96, Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), oil on canvas with a painted and gilded wooden shrine. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Frog Man, 1892, Jean-Joseph Carriès (French), plaster. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Bread and Leg of Lamb, c. 1866, Paul Cezanne (French), oil on canvas. Collection of Kunsthaus Zürich. On view at the Art Institute of Chicago May 15–September 5, 2022 during the Cezanne exhibition. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
The Red Room, Etretat (with reflections), 1899, Félix Edouard Vallotton (French, born Switzerland), oil on artist’s board. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Self-Portrait, 1887, Vincent van Gogh (Dutch); oil on artist’s board, mounted on cradled panel. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
“Fish and Waves” Planter (Cachepot), 1890/95, designed and decorated by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (French) for Clément Massier (French), glazed stoneware. Collection of Evelyn and Todd Arkebauer, on view at the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
An Elegant Woman at the Élysée Montmarte, 1888, Louis Anquetin (French), oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
The Plate of Apples, c. 1877, Paul Cezanne (French), oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, on view May 15–September 5, 2022 as part of the Cezanne exhibition. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Platter, c. 1874, designed by Félix Bracquemond (French) and made by Haviland & Co. (Auteuil Studio, Paris), glazed earthenware and gilding. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Mahana no atua (Day of the God), 1894, Paul Gauguin (French), oil on linen canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
The Harvest of Buckwheat, 1899, Paul Sérusier (French), oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
foreground: Bull, c. 1896, designed by Emmanuel Frémiet (French) and made by Émile Muller et Cie (Ivry-sur-Seine, France), glazed stoneware. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
background: In the Sea, 1883, Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.