Masterpieces

Masterpieces

In-depth analyses of essential masterpieces — context, technique and symbolism decoded.

100 article

Woman with a Parasol — Camille Monet in the wind

Van Gogh’s Irises — a garden in the first days at the asylum

Washington Crossing the Delaware — America painted on the Rhine

Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets — Manet’s portrait in black

Symphony in White, No. 1 — Whistler’s woman in white

The Peacock Room — Whistler’s peacock

Whistler’s Nocturnes — painting the night

Right and Left — Winslow Homer’s last bold stroke

Breezing Up — America under full sail

The Gulf Stream — Winslow Homer’s lone man at sea

Street in Venice — John Singer Sargent’s other Venice

Repose — Sargent’s niece and the end of an era