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Take a closer look at masterpieces of the nineteenth century, a period in which a style known as Romanticism developed.
Claude Monet was a key figure in the Impressionist movement that transformed French painting in the second half of the nineteenth century. Throughout his long career, Monet consistently depicted the landscape and leisure activities of Paris and its environs as well as the Normandy coast.
View all 19th-Century French paintings. As the century began, the academic style favored by the official Salon still dictated the success of artists and public taste. But soon that began to change.
A version of this material was published in 2021 as the in-gallery text accompanying the exhibition Getty Highlights: 19th-Century Paintings and Sculptures on view at the Getty Center from...
Gustave Caillebotte. This monumental view of a bustling Parisian intersection is considered Caillebotte’s masterpiece. In it, the artist captures a scene of sweeping modernity that conveys the momentary quality of everyday life, depicting fashionable city dwellers strolling down the street on a rainy day.
Discover 125 highlights and browse more than 2,500 artworks from the department in our online collection. The Met's world-famed collection of European paintings encompasses works of art from the 13th through the 19th centuries—from Giotto to Gauguin.
The nineteenth century saw the development of synthetic pigments for artists’ paints, providing vibrant shades of blue, green, and yellow that painters had never used before. Édouard Manet’s 1874 Boating ( 29.100.115 ), for example, features an expanse of the new cerulean blue and synthetic ultramarine.
