From the late 19th to early 20th century, Paris and its surroundings were at the centre of the art world. In order to demonstrate the wide-reaching influence of French art, we have paired French paintings with British examples. We explore three key strands of this French influence: painting directly from nature, depicting real people engaged in everyday tasks and painting techniques. In 1874, a group of artists with similar aims exhibited together in what is now known as the First Impressionist Exhibition. Prior to this, French artists had begun to experiment with painting out of doors. Artists who painted the landscape around Barbizon, south-east of Paris, paved the way for the Impressionists.
La falaise à Fécamp, France 1881
Claude Monet (1840–1926)
Oil on canvas
H 65 x W 81.1 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
A Ground Swell, Carradale, Argyll 1883–1886
William McTaggart (1835–1910)
Oil on canvas
H 82 x W 123.8 cm
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Japanese Anemones 1884
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904)
Oil on canvas
H 58.2 x W 38.3 cm
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George Leslie Hunter (1877–1931)
Oil on board
H 46.2 x W 34.1 cm
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Les laveuses (The Washerwomen) 1873
Charles-François Daubigny (1817–1878)
Oil on canvas
H 36 x W 59.2 cm
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Montrose, Angus 1888
George Reid (1841–1913)
Oil on canvas
H 83.3 x W 102.5 cm
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La Roche-Guyon, France 1885–1886
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)
Oil on canvas
H 46.5 x W 56.1 cm
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Fontcreuse, France c.1934
Duncan Grant (1885–1978)
Oil on canvas
H 81.7 x W 99.5 cm
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The Gleaner 1875
Jules Breton (1827–1906)
Oil on canvas
H 73.5 x W 54.9 cm
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Les moulières, Villerville, France (The Mussel Gatherers, Villerville, France) c.1902
Robert McGregor (1847–1922)
Oil on canvas
H 142.5 x W 97.1 cm
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Going to School 1882
Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848–1884)
Oil on canvas
H 80.9 x W 59.8 cm
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A Frugal Meal 1888
Alexander Mackenzie (1850–1890)
Oil on canvas
H 110.5 x W 89.1 cm
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Les bords du Loing, France 1897
Alfred Sisley (1839–1899)
Oil on canvas
H 54.5 x W 65.5 cm
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Moonlight, Loch Lomond c.1924
George Leslie Hunter (1877–1931)
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 61.5 cm
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Une cour aux Sablons (A Courtyard in Les Sablons) 1885
Alfred Sisley (1839–1899)
Oil on canvas
H 55 x W 73.3 cm
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The Basket Shop, Rue St Jean, Dieppe, France c.1911–1912
Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)
Oil on canvas
H 50.2 x W 60.9 cm
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La petite place, la rue du village 1874
Alfred Sisley (1839–1899)
Oil on canvas
H 42.5 x W 55.2 cm
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Street in Comrie, Perthshire 1902
Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935)
Oil on canvas
H 41.1 x W 51 cm
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Armand Guillaumin (1841–1927)
Oil on canvas
H 73.6 x W 93 cm
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Landscape, Cassis, France c.1924
Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935)
Oil on canvas
H 63.5 x W 53.5 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Vernonnet, paysage près de Giverny, France 1924
Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947)
Oil on canvas
H 50.3 x W 63.1 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883–1937)
Oil on canvas
H 41 x W 48.5 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Position de quatrième devant sur la jambe gauche 1882–1895
Edgar Degas (1834–1917)
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Alexander Mackenzie (1850–1890) -
Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) -
Edgar Degas (1834–1917) -
Émile Antoine Bourdelle (1861–1929) -
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