Euro Masters at the Met

Continuing on our look at the Met, here's a Rembrandt self portrait...he painted a lot of them.  He's looking rather curmudgeonly in this depiction.

Jan Steen is one of my favorite Dutch painters.  He painted scenes of everyday people partying, with a good deal of disarray.  In this painting Steen portrays himself at the far left, as the bartender, looking pretty well smashed, I reckon.  In Steen's paintings there is usually an animal up to some mischief, and overturned bottles, and folks making passes at each other.  Par-tay.

A Monet, at his home in Giverny.

Camille Pissarro, at the same time, portrayed urban life in Paris.

Georges Seurat was a pointillist, making pictures by tapping the tip of his brush on the canvas.  From a distance the effect is the same as a low resolution printed picture, also made of thousands of dots.

This is an early Picasso.  Starting in the late 19th century, he had a much more realistic style before he went modern in the 20th century.

Cezanne depicts some card players.

And here's Vincent.  Does anyone paint more vivid skies than Van Gogh?

Gauguin in Tahiti.

Water lilies by Monet, his specialty.

Manet had a name similar to Monet, but a very different style...not really impressionist in many cases.  Here's a straightforward, soulful pic of a guitar player.