Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Seine at Chatou, c. 1871. Oil on canvas: 46.7 x 56.1 cm. Purchase, 1935. 2304.
Located on Level 1 in Gallery 116
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Steam-powered travel transformed the way artists moved through, and interacted with, the world around them – whether across the ocean or out to the countryside. With greater access to Trans-Atlantic travel beginning in the 1870s, Canadian artists had more opportunities to study and work in Europe than ever before. Across Europe, affordable steam-powered train travel enabled artists to explore landscapes beyond the city centre. The 20 paintings in this gallery showcase the impact travel had on artists from France, England and Canada, sparking and spreading as it did the style of painting we now call Impressionism.
