Art History Explained

Gustav Klimt, Medicine (1907;destroyed 1945), oil on canvas, university of Vienna.

Berthe Morisot, The Cradle (1872), oil on canvas, Musée d’Orsay.

George Luks, The Wrestlers (1905), oil on canvas, Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

Maurice Prendergast, Lady on the Boulevard (1892), oil on canvas.

George Wesley Bellows, Stag at Sharkeys (1909), oil on canvas, Cleveland Museum of Art

Odilon Redon, Reflection (c. 1900-1905), pastel, private collection

Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers (1888), oil on burlap, Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam .

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, At the Moulin Rouge (c. 1892-1895), Oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago.

Frederic Leighton, The Garden of the Hesperides (1892), Oil on canvas, Lady Lever Art Gallery.

First Painting vs Last Painting: John William Waterhouse

John William Waterhouse, Circe Invidiosa (1892), Oil on canvas, Art Gallery of South Australia

Gustav Klimt, Danaë (1907), oil and gold leaf on canvas, Hans Duchamp Collection.

Edvard Munch, The Kiss (1897), Oil on canvas, Munch Museum

Around the turn of the century, Degas started losing his eyesight so he transitioned from oils to pastels.