_September 18 – Modernity: Leisure and Society
Objects denoted with an asterisk (*) are part of the Art Institute's collection and link directly to the museum's Collections page. To create, save, and share your own collection of selected artworks using My Collections, a free online feature, please visit the About My Collections page.
On the Street
*Caillebotte, Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877
Marville, Rue du Haut Moulin, 1858
*Boilly, The Movings, 1822
Marville, Building of Avenue de l’Opéra, 1858-78
Monet, Boulevard des Capucines, 1873
Renoir, Grand Boulevards, 1875
Manet, The Rue Mosnier with Pavers, 1878
Caillebotte, On the Pont de l’Europe, 1876-77
Caillebotte, Pont de l’Europe, 1876
Monet, Pont de l’Europe, 1877
Béraud, Place de l’Europe, late 1870s
Seeing and Being Seen
*Manet, Woman Reading, 1879-80
Manet, At the Père Lathuille Restaurant, 1879
Manet, Café Concert, 1878-79
*Degas, Café-Concert (The Spectators), 1876-77
Morisot, Figure of a Woman (Before the Theater), 1875
Charles Reutlinger, photograph of Berthe Morisot, c. 1875
Cassatt, Woman in Black, 1879
Cassatt, Woman in a Pearl Necklace, 1878-79
*Degas, Ballet at the Paris Opera, 1877
Degas, Ludovic Halévy and Albert Boulanger-Cavé Backstage at the Opera, 1879
*Degas, Yellow Dancers (In the Wings), 1874/76
Manet, Masked Ball at the Opera, 1873
Béraud, Une Soirée (A Ball), 1878
En Plein Air
Bois de Boulogne—plans before 1850 and after 1870
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne, mid-19th century
Manet, The Races at Longchamp, 1864
*Manet, Races at Longchamp, 1866
Degas, Manet at the Races, c. 1865
Marville, Bois de Boulogne, 1858
Manet, Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), 1863
Marcantonio Raimondi, Judgment of Paris (detail),[after Raphael], 1510
Titian, Pastoral Concert, c. 1509
Courbet, Women on the Bank of the Seine, 1856
Monet, Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (sketch), 1865-66
Monet, Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (left and center panels), 1865-66
*Monet, On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt, 1868
Watteau, Pilgrimage to Cythera, 1717
Renoir, The Swing, 1876
*Renoir, Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise, 1875
Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880-81
*Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte−1884, 1884-86
Additional Resources:
Objects denoted with an asterisk (*) are part of the Art Institute's collection and link directly to the museum's Collections page. To create, save, and share your own collection of selected artworks using My Collections, a free online feature, please visit the About My Collections page.
On the Street
*Caillebotte, Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877
Marville, Rue du Haut Moulin, 1858
*Boilly, The Movings, 1822
Marville, Building of Avenue de l’Opéra, 1858-78
Monet, Boulevard des Capucines, 1873
Renoir, Grand Boulevards, 1875
Manet, The Rue Mosnier with Pavers, 1878
Caillebotte, On the Pont de l’Europe, 1876-77
Caillebotte, Pont de l’Europe, 1876
Monet, Pont de l’Europe, 1877
Béraud, Place de l’Europe, late 1870s
Seeing and Being Seen
*Manet, Woman Reading, 1879-80
Manet, At the Père Lathuille Restaurant, 1879
Manet, Café Concert, 1878-79
*Degas, Café-Concert (The Spectators), 1876-77
Morisot, Figure of a Woman (Before the Theater), 1875
Charles Reutlinger, photograph of Berthe Morisot, c. 1875
Cassatt, Woman in Black, 1879
Cassatt, Woman in a Pearl Necklace, 1878-79
*Degas, Ballet at the Paris Opera, 1877
Degas, Ludovic Halévy and Albert Boulanger-Cavé Backstage at the Opera, 1879
*Degas, Yellow Dancers (In the Wings), 1874/76
Manet, Masked Ball at the Opera, 1873
Béraud, Une Soirée (A Ball), 1878
En Plein Air
Bois de Boulogne—plans before 1850 and after 1870
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne, mid-19th century
Manet, The Races at Longchamp, 1864
*Manet, Races at Longchamp, 1866
Degas, Manet at the Races, c. 1865
Marville, Bois de Boulogne, 1858
Manet, Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), 1863
Marcantonio Raimondi, Judgment of Paris (detail),[after Raphael], 1510
Titian, Pastoral Concert, c. 1509
Courbet, Women on the Bank of the Seine, 1856
Monet, Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (sketch), 1865-66
Monet, Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (left and center panels), 1865-66
*Monet, On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt, 1868
Watteau, Pilgrimage to Cythera, 1717
Renoir, The Swing, 1876
*Renoir, Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise, 1875
Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880-81
*Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte−1884, 1884-86
Additional Resources:
- Art Institute of Chicago, Impressionism, Fashion & Modernity, catalog edited by Gloria Groom, Chicago, 2012
- Art Institute of Chicago, The Age of French Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago, Gloria Groom & Douglas Druick, Chicago, 2010
- Art Institute of Chicago, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2000
- Art Access: Impressionist & Post-Impressionist Art
- Seurat & the Making of La Grande Jatte
- French Impressionism at the Art Institute of Chicago (app)