Auguste Renoir, Pont Neuf (Detail), 1872

10 sky paintings by famous artists

Can you identify 10 artists  just by looking at these sky cutouts? I am giving you a hint by putting them in chronological order. Good luck!

1.
El Greco, Laocoön (Detail)


2.

t Prince Balthasar Charles, c.1635


3.

Ruisdael, Windmill (Detail)


4.

 C. D. Friedrich, Der Mönch am Meer, 1810


5.

William Turner, Fighting Temeraire, 1839


6.

Auguste Renoir, Pont Neuf (Detail), 1872


7.

Claude Monet, Frau mit Regenschirm, 1875


8.

Paul Cézanne, Die Seine bei Bercy, 1876-78


9.

Georges Seurat, View of Fort Samson, 1885


10.

Vincent van Gogh, Ploughed Field, 1888


Solution:


Sky Paintings

  1. El Greco, Laocoön, 1610-14
  2. Diego Velázquez, Prince Balthasar Charles, c. 1635
  3. Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael, The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede, 1668-70
  4. Caspar David Friedrich, Der Mönch am Meer, 1810
  5. J. M. W. Turner, The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1839
  6. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Pont Neuf, 1872
  7. Claude Monet, Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and son, 1875
  8. Paul Cézanne, The Seine at Bercy, 1876-78
  9. Georges Seurat, View of Fort Samson, 1885
  10. Vincent van Gogh, Ploughed Field, 1888

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