The Circus by Georges Seurat

The Circus 1890-1891,
Shorewood Print #1155
Newark High School

The very last painting by Seurat, this image of the circus uses bright colors, horizontal lines and a right to left movement that Seurat felt gave the work a happy, pleasurable feel.

Race Horses by Edgar Degas

Race Horses 1834-1917,

Shorewood Print #1002

Newark High School

This painting depicts Degas sense of color and light in a view of race horses as they pass on the race course.

Woman With a Dog Mary Cassat

Woman With Dog 1880,

Shorewood Print #870

Newark High School

This painting by the American Impressionist, Mary Cassatt represents a woman and her dog painted on the balcony of Cassatt's Paris apartment in 1880. It is believed that the subject for the painting is Cassatt's sister Lydia who died two years later.

Horse Frightened by a Storm by Eugene Delacroix

Horse Frightened by a Storm 1798-1863,

Shorewood Print #1225

Newark High School

This energetic painting shows a horse frightened in a storm. The composition is dramatized by a sweeping curve of the horse's body, the angry clouds of the storm circle around the frightened beast.