War & conflict

Featured Artworks

Pont Neuf Paris

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1872)

In Pont Neuf Paris, Pierre-Auguste Renoir turns the oldest bridge in Paris into a stage where light and movement bind a city back together. From a high perch, he orchestrates crowds, carriages, gas lamps, the rippling Seine, and a fluttering tricolor so that everyday bustle reads as civic grace [1].

Beach at Trouville

Claude Monet (1870)

Beach at Trouville turns the Normandy resort into a stage where modern leisure meets restless weather. Monet’s diagonal boardwalk, wind-whipped red flags, and white parasols marshal the eye through a day animated by light and air rather than by individual stories [1][2]. The work asserts Impressionism’s claim to immediacy—there is even sand embedded in the paint from working on site [1].

Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets

Édouard Manet (1872)

Édouard Manet’s Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets is a close, modern portrait built as a symphony in black punctuated by a tiny violet knot. Side‑light chisels the face from a cool, silvery ground while hat, scarf, and coat merge into one dark silhouette, and the eyes are painted strikingly black for effect [1]. The single touch of violets introduces a discreet, coded tenderness within the portrait’s refined restraint [1][3][4].

The Execution of Emperor Maximilian

Édouard Manet (1867–1868)

Manet’s The Execution of Emperor Maximilian confronts state violence with a cool, reportorial style. The wall of gray-uniformed riflemen, the fragmented canvas, and the dispassionate loader at right turn the killing into impersonal machinery that implicates the viewer [1][2].

Guernica

Pablo Picasso (1937)

Guernica is a monumental, monochrome indictment of modern war, compressing a town’s annihilation into a frantic tangle of bodies, beasts, and light. Across the canvas, a shrieking horse, a stoic bull, a weeping mother with her dead child, and a fallen soldier stage a civic tragedy rather than a heroic battle. The harsh electric bulb clashes with a fragile oil lamp, turning the scene into a stark drama of terror and witness.