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Style galleriesWatercolours of the 19th century

Watercolours of the 19th century

A work made of watercolor and gouache, with pen and blue ink, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, wrapped and adhered on verso to wood pulp board.
A work made of pen and brown ink, with traces of graphite, on tan wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper.
A work made of black crayon and charcoal, on ivory laid paper.
A work made of graphite on cream laid paper (pieced).
Nocturne, by John La Farge, ca. 1885
The Dancing Lesson, by Thomas Eakins, 1878

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Watercolours made in the 19th century, from every museum.

Section 1, north wall

  1. A work made of watercolor and gouache, with pen and blue ink, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, wrapped and adhered on verso to wood pulp board.
    InspirationGustave Moreau, c. 1893Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of pen and brown ink, with traces of graphite, on tan wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper.
    Sketches of Algerian MenEugène Delacroix, c. 1832Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of black crayon and charcoal, on ivory laid paper.
    Three GossipsHonoré Daumier, 1865/1867Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 1, south wall

  1. A work made of graphite on cream laid paper (pieced).
    Bather With Outstretched Arms (recto); Study of a Tree (verso)Paul Cézanne, 1874/77Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Nocturne, by John La Farge, ca. 1885
    NocturneJohn La Farge, ca. 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. The Dancing Lesson, by Thomas Eakins, 1878
    The Dancing LessonThomas Eakins, 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 2, south wall

  1. Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, Dieppe, by James McNeill Whistler, 1885
    Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, DieppeJames McNeill Whistler, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Garden View, Brooklyn, by Fidelia Bridges, ca. 1867
    Garden View, BrooklynFidelia Bridges, ca. 1867Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. A work made of brown and black chalks on cream wove paper.
    Study for FestivalSir John Edward Poynter, c. 1875Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 2, north wall

  1. Plums, by John William Hill, 1870
    PlumsJohn William Hill, 1870Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. A work made of watercolor and gouache, with touches of brush and black ink, heightened with white gouache, over graphite on cream wove paper.
    Room Leading to the Chapel, Knowle, KentJoseph Nash, 1869Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. Wild Roses and Irises, by John La Farge, 1887
    Wild Roses and IrisesJohn La Farge, 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 3, north wall

  1. A work made of reed pen and black-brown ink, with black chalk on off-white wove paper.
    Weeping TreeVincent van Gogh, 1889Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of black and white chalk on blue wove paper.
    SeasideCharles François Eustache, 1866Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 3, south wall

  1. A work made of conté crayon on gray-blue wove paper.
    Landscape with HaystacksConstant Troyon, n.d.Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of reed pen and iron-gall ink on tan laid paper.
    Avenue of Pollard Birches and PoplarsVincent van Gogh, March 1884Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago