French Art of the Late-18th and 19th Centuries

Educator Nicolas Fyhrie discusses French art from the late-18th and 19th centuries through Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun's Portrait of Theresia, Countess Kinsky (1793), Édouard Manet's The Ragpicker (c. 1865–1870) and Claude Monet's The Artist’s Garden at Vétheuil (1881).

The series Spotlight on Art: Videos for Schools offers a closer look at objects from the Norton Simon collections. Featuring 2 to 3 artworks, each video is designed to encourage prolonged looking, reflection and discussion, while also including information about the artist and historical context. What’s more, the series provides an ongoing connection to the Museum for teachers and students from afar. We encourage you to use these videos in combination with our curriculum packets, activity lesson plans, and other related materials provided in the links below.

FEATURED ARTWORKS

• Vigée-LeBrun's Portrait of Theresia, Countess Kinsky
• Manet's The Ragpicker
• Monet's The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil

LEARN MORE

• Watch: Manet's The Ragpicker
• Watch: Vigée-LeBrun's Portrait of Theresia, Countess Kinsky
• Watch: A Trio of Treatments: Conserving Manet's The Ragpicker
• Curriculum Packet: The Art of France
• Curriculum Packet: Women Artists

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Vigée-LeBrun
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Vigée-LeBrun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary France

• Manet
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Manet biography
• Art Institute of Chicago: Beggar with a Duffle Coat (Philosopher)
• Art Institute of Chicago: Beggar with Oysters (Philosopher)

• Monet
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Monet biography
• National Gallery of Art, Washington DC: The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Impressionism: Art and Modernity