Spring Key works

Berthe Morisot, the view of Paris from the Trocadero, 1872

This painting, as well as many of the other works by female painters of the time typically portray women looking out onto beautiful landscapes but seperated by a barrier. In this case the barrier is the railing, in other cases they may be standing behind a child, or looking out a window.

Van Gogh, The night Cafe, 1888

Keon Wessing. Nicaragua. 1979

Robert Mapplethorpe, Phillip Glass and Robert Wilson. 1975

Manet. Portrait of Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets. 1872

This work of Manet is important because it features a the female painter Berthe Morisot who painted "The view from Paris" (see above.)

Constantin Guys, Carriages and Horsemen, 1860

Constantin Guy was thought of as "the painter of modern life," at least to Charles Baudelaire. Although Guy was not actually a painter, he did seem to capture the "modern" life of the time.

Paul Gauguin, Spirit of the Dead Watches over me, 1892

Gauguin's painting is important for many reasons, for one reason it is a nude that looks uncomfortable and somewhat scared, and was based on one of the girls in the town in which Gauguin was staying in Tahiti. Another reason this piece is important is because Gauguin features it in his own self portrait.

Frida Kahlo, The two Fridas, 1893

This painting is important because it represented (as in many of Kahlo's paintings) the artists own self image. In this painting she shows two sides of her self which is important, as well as the pain both sides of her personality were experiencing, presumably over her husband cheating on her with her sister.

Degas, Portrait of Mary Cassatt, about 1880

Claude Monet, Water Lilies, 1914-1926

This painting is one of many from the water lilies series by Monet. These images are important because they show the digression of Monet's color sensitivity and sight while still portraying something as beautiful and still as the pond by his home.

Manet, Luncheon on the Grass, 1863.