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Light, caught quickly

Impressionism

Dancers at the barre, gardens, boats and quiet rooms painted in broken, shimmering strokes. Degas, Manet, Pissarro, Renoir, Morisot, Sisley. Colour over line, a moment rather than a record.

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Madame Théodore Gobillard (Yves Morisot, 1838–1893) Edgar Degas, 1869 A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?) Edgar Degas, 1865 The Dance Class Edgar Degas, 1874 The Dancing Class Edgar Degas, ca. 1870 The Collector of Prints Edgar Degas, 1866 Dancers Practicing at the Barre Edgar Degas, 1877 Sulking Edgar Degas, ca. 1870 The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning Camille Pissarro, 1897 Jalais Hill, Pontoise Camille Pissarro, 1867 James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot (1836–1902) Edgar Degas, ca. 1867–68 The Old Italian Woman Edgar Degas, 1857 A Woman Ironing Edgar Degas, 1873 The Ballet from "Robert le Diable" Edgar Degas, 1871 Dancers, Pink and Green Edgar Degas, ca. 1890 Male Nude Edgar Degas, 1856 Chrysanthemums in the Garden at Petit-Gennevilliers Gustave Caillebotte, 1893 Boating Edouard Manet, 1874 Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Emile-Charles (1875–1895) Auguste Renoir, 1878 Young Lady in 1866 Edouard Manet, 1866 The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil Edouard Manet, 1874 Fishing Edouard Manet, ca. 1862–63 A Young Girl with Daisies Auguste Renoir, 1889 Young Woman (La Servante) Auguste Renoir, ca. 1875 View from the Quai d'Orsay Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1854 Honfleur Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1865 The Pont Neuf Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1849–50 The Dead Christ with Angels Edouard Manet, 1864 Still Life with Flowers and Prickly Pears Auguste Renoir, ca. 1885 The Brioche Edouard Manet, 1870 On the Beach, Sunset Eugène Boudin, 1865 Princess Pauline Metternich (1836–1921) on the Beach Eugène Boudin, ca. 1865–67 Beaulieu: The Bay of Fourmis Eugène Boudin, 1892 On the Beach at Trouville Eugène Boudin, 1863 The Harvest, Pontoise (La Récolte, Pontoise) Camille Pissarro, 1881 The Pink Dress (Albertie-Marguerite Carré, later Madame Ferdinand-Henri Himmes, 1854–1935) Berthe Morisot, ca. 1870 The Road from Versailles to Louveciennes Alfred Sisley, probably 1879 Nini in the Garden (Nini Lopez) Auguste Renoir, 1876 Haystacks, Morning, Eragny Camille Pissarro, 1899 Young Girl Bathing Auguste Renoir, 1892 Poplars, Eragny Camille Pissarro, 1895 Barges at Pontoise Camille Pissarro, 1876 Morning, An Overcast Day, Rouen Camille Pissarro, 1896 The Garden of the Tuileries on a Spring Morning Camille Pissarro, 1899 Allée of Chestnut Trees Alfred Sisley, 1878 Sahurs Meadows in Morning Sun Alfred Sisley, 1894 Rue Eugène Moussoir at Moret: Winter Alfred Sisley, 1891 The Seine at Bougival Alfred Sisley, 1876 The Road from Moret to Saint-Mammès Alfred Sisley, 1883–85 View of Marly-le-Roi from Coeur-Volant Alfred Sisley, 1876 The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne Alfred Sisley, 1872