The Art Lover’s Guide to The Art of Deception
The Art Lover’s Guide is designed to help you explore the art featured in the Impressions of Impressionism exhibition and throughout The Art of Deception.
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Discover the stories behind featured artworks, gallery highlights, and other paintings encountered aboard the Ocean of Dreams and how they feature in the novel.
Some of the art featured in The Art Lover’s Guide
The Japanese Footbridge
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Date: 1899
Source: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Public domain; Creative Commons Zero (CC0).
This is one of 12 paintings Monet produced in 1899 featuring the Japanese footbridge and his water garden. Unlike the red of traditional Japanese footbridges, Monet had it painted blue-green to blend with the garden.
The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage
Edgar Degas (1841-1917)
Date: ca. 1874
Source: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Public domain; Creative Commons Zero (CC0).
There are three versions of this painting with the same stage and placement of the dancers. The version painted entirely in monochrome grays was displayed at the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874.
Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers Lunch)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1914)
Date: 1875
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Public domain; Creative Commons Zero (CC0).
The venue for this painting was the riverside terrace restaurant at Maison Fournaise, where Renoir stayed, in Chatou, on the Seine River. This same restaurant’s upper balcony was the setting for Renoir’s famous Luncheon of the Boating Party.
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