People out and about and doing things of an interesting kind. French. Paul Sérusier, painter. Living from 1864 to 1927, he studied at the Académie Julian and was mentored by Gauguin. Part of the Les Nabis group. Post-Impressionist. “L’Incantation ou Le Bois sacré.” 1891. Oil on canvas. Image © Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper. Fair use license. via http://www.mbaq.fr/en/our-collections/the-pont-aven-school/paul-serusier-the-incantation-or-the-sacred-wood-363.html “Les Heures.” No date. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://www.wikigallery.org/wiki/painting_181218/Paul-Serusier/Les-Heures “Les trois fileuses.” 1915-1916. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Brest and the Musée d’Orsay. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:559_Brest_mus%C3%A9e_beaux-arts_Paul_S%C3%A9rusier_Les_trois_fileuses.jpg “Concile Féerique.” 1920. Oil on canvas. Image ©2020 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. Fair use license. via http://www.artnet.com/artists/paul-s%C3%A9rusier/concile-f%C3%A9erique-7oazdyxzrv2BlHx5lw1Thg2
Flower pictures by Scottish painter Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935).Post-Impressionist and member of the Scottish Colourists group. “Still life with Tulips.” ca. 1919. Oil on canvas. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2019. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/samuel-john-peploe-rsa-1871-1935-still-life-6152204-details.aspx “Flowers and Fruit.” Undated. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://getcustomart.com/products/samuel-john-peploe-flowers-and-fruit “Still life with Tulips on a Black Background.” No date. Oil on canvas. Image © 2019 Lyon & Turnbull. Fair use license. via https://www.lyonandturnbull.com/news-article/focus-scottish-colourists-samuel-john-peploe “Still Life of Roses and Apples.” Early 1920’s. Oil on canvas. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2019. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/samuel-john-peploe-rsa-1871-1935-still-life-6175137-details.aspx
Art by Henri Rousseau to lose yourself in for the rest of the afternoon. Post-Impressionist. Living from 1844 to 1910, he is supposed to have used thirty shades of green. “Fight between a Tiger and a Buffalo.” 1908. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. In the public domain. via http://www.clevelandart.org/art/collection/search?search=picasso&only-open-access=1 “Tropical forest with Monkeys.” 1910. Oil on canvas. Image © 2018 National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Fair use license. via https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/henri-rousseau.html “Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!)” 1891. Image © National Gallery, London. Fair use license via https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/henri-rousseau-jungles-paris/henri-rousseau-jungles-paris-room-1 “Negro Attacked by a Jaguar.” 1910. In the public domain due to age. via https://curiator.com/art/henri-rousseau/negro-attacked-by-a-jaguar “Three Apes in the Orange Grove.” 1907. In the public domain due to age. via https://curiator.com/art/henri-rousseau/three-apes-in-the-orange-grove
Watery landscapes that show more land than sea. French. Post-Impressionist. Pointillist. Georges Seurat, artist (1859-1891). “The Channel of Gravelines, Petit Fort Philippe.” 1890. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. In the public domain in the United States. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seurat,_Georges_-_The_Channel_of_Gravelines,_Petit_Fort_Philippe_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg “Sunday at Port-en-Bessin.” 1888. Oil on canvas. In the public domain. via http://ludwig-mies-vanderrohe.blogspot.com/2012/03/georges-seurat-part-4.html “View of Le Crotoy.” 1889. Oil on canvas. In the public domain. via http://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2012/03/georges-seurat-part-4.html
A few summer pictures by French artist Maurice Denis (1870-1943). “Plage Au Yacht”. Undated. via the-athenaeum.org. In the public domain. “Sand Castle.” 1909. Private collection. via wikiart.org. In the public domain.