Washington D.C. through my eyes (XVIII)

Apart from the Monet paintings, the National Gallery of Art also had these marvellous ones on display that caught my eye - some because they're so intimate, some because they're so different and yet some because they reveal a very different side of some big names in art.

The Dancer

oil on canvas, 1874
Auguste Renoir



Girl with a Hoop
oil on canvas, 1885
Auguste Renoir



A Girl with a Watering Can
oil on canvas, 1876
Auguste Renoir



Odalisque
oil on canvas, 1870
Auguste Renoir



The Dead Toreador
oil on canvas, 1864
Edouard Manet




Self-Portrait
oil on canvas, 1889
Vincent Van Gogh



The Olive Orchard
oil on canvas, 1889
Vincent Van Gogh



Roses
oil on canvas, 1890
Vincent Van Gogh



Still Life with Apples and Peaches
oil on canvas, 1905
Paul Cezanne



Self-Portrait
oil on wood, 1889
Paul Gauguin



Four Dancers
oil on canvas, 1899
Edgar Degas



Little Girl in a Blue Armchair
oil on canvas, 1878
Mary Cassatt