Museum Exhibition

True to Nature: Open-Air Painting in Europe, 1780–1870

National Gallery of Art

Exhibition artworks

Representative work

Constable, John

Cloud Study: Stormy Sunset

1821-1822

oil on paper on canvas

overall: 20.3 × 27.3 cm (8 × 10 3/4 in.) framed: 33.97 × 41.91 × 8.57 cm (13 3/8 × 16 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.)

Featured works

Giroux, André

1825/1830

oil on paper

overall: 29 x 44 cm (11 7/16 x 17 5/16 in.) framed: 42.2 x 59.4 x 5.4 cm (16 5/8 x 23 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.)

Giroux, André

1825/1830

oil on paper

overall: 29.5 x 44.5 cm (11 5/8 x 17 1/2 in.) framed: 42.6 x 57.5 x 5.6 cm (16 3/4 x 22 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.)

Fragonard, Jean Honoré

c. 1765

oil on paper

overall: 21.5 x 32.8 cm (8 7/16 x 12 15/16 in.) framed: 32.2 x 43.5 x 4.4 cm (12 11/16 x 17 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)

Rousseau, Théodore

c. 1830

oil on canvas

overall: 22.1 x 75.9 cm (8 11/16 x 29 7/8 in.) framed: 47.6 x 101 x 7 cm (18 3/4 x 39 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Giroux, André

1825/1830

oil on paper on canvas

overall: 22 x 30 cm (8 11/16 x 11 13/16 in.) framed: 34.6 x 42.1 x 3.8 cm (13 5/8 x 16 9/16 x 1 1/2 in.)

15 documented works in this exhibition