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In an 1876 review, a sarcastic critic referred to participants in the second Impressionist exhibition as „five or six lunatics—among them a woman—a group of unfortunate creatures.“ Berthe Morisot is the woman to whom he alluded. Morisot, an original member of the group, showed in seven of its eight exhibitions and contributed financially to sustain the impressionist movement.
Chicago, 1998: 2:754. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.

Piet Mondrian intended his abstract or so-called „neo-plastic“ paintings to express his fundamentally spiritual notion that universal harmonies preside in nature. The horizontal and vertical elements of his compositions, assiduously calibrated to produce a balanced asymmetry, represented forces of opposition that parallel the dynamic equilibrium at work in the natural world.
Chicago, 2001: 94-95, 211, color repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.

Like his compatriot Nicolas Poussin, Claude Lorrain forged his career in Rome. Claude’s vision of the Roman countryside is grounded in a careful observation of nature, but he transformed the landscape into a timeless, idealized world through his masterful rendering of sunlight and strict structuring of space.
London, 1994: 40, fig. 18. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.

Hostilities between North American colonists and Britain were boiling over in the 1770s when Benjamin West painted this double portrait. The British wanted to ensure the loyalty of the Mohawk people, the easternmost tribe of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy), in case of war.
Paris, 1999: 387, color repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.

Vincent van Gogh painted 36 self-portraits. This was one of his last.
New York, 2000: 54, repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.

A painting may provide a “window� into a different world. Here, the painting is itself a window, and it reveals a world dizzy with color and movement.
Henri Matisse. 1994: repro. 40. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.

Latin America, with its rich histories and cultures — as well as dense jungles, towering volcanoes, and mountain ranges — fascinated American artists in the mid-19th century. Frederic Edwin Church traveled in the tropics and used the sketches he made in different locations to create popular landscape paintings.
London, 1996: no. 213, repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.

Milan, 2002: no. 92/3, repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver.

In this Arcadian portrait, Anthony van Dyck pictures Philip, 4th Baron Wharton, standing before a shimmering green drapery against a rocky backdrop, while holding a shepherd’s houlette in the crook of his arm. His regal pose and his sumptuous attire with its rich golden-yellow, purple, and emerald tones convey both grace and elegance, while his gaze exudes self-confidence.
[1] Oliver Millar, "Philip, Lord Wharton, and His Collection of Portraits," The

Eighteenth Century Studies 33, no. 4 (Summer 2000): 548, 551, repro. 2004 Hand, John Oliver