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| J.M.W. Turner Rockets and Blue Lights 1840 oil on canvas Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts |
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| Edgar Degas Factory Smoke ca. 1877-79 monotype on paper Metropolitan Museum of Art |
What chiefly unites these images is a low horizon-line, with the majority of the exciting activity in each case taking place above it.
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| Vincent van Gogh Wheat field with Cypresses 1889 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Eugène Isabey Sunset, Normandy Coast 1830s oil on paper, mounted on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Claude Monet The Seine at Vétheuil 1880 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Johan Christian Dahl Cloud Study ca. 1828 oil on paper, mounted on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Eugène Boudin Beaulieu, Bay of Fourmis 1892 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Gustave Courbet The Sea ca. 1865 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Alexandre Desgoffe Cloud Study 19th century oil on paper, mounted on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| John Constable Old Sarum 1829 oil on cardboard Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| Jules Dupré Landscape with Cattle at Limousin 1837 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Jean Béraud Windy Day on the Pont des Arts ca. 1880-81 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Childe Hassam September Clouds 1891 pastel on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Johann Barthold Jongkind Towpath near Overschie 1865 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |