1. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
MFA VTS: Seasons
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

2. Lesson 1

3. What is going on in this image?
What do you see that makes you say that?
What more can we find?
Mountain Landscape from Clavadel
1925–26 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880–1938)
Dimensions
135 x cm (53 1/8 x 78 7/8 in.)
Accession Number
56.13
Medium or Technique
Oil on canvas

4. What is going on in this image?
What do you see that makes you say that?
What more can we find?
At the Races in the Countryside
1869
Edgar Degas, French, 1834–1917
Dimensions
36.5 x 55.9 cm (14 3/8 x 22 in.)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Paintings
Accession Number
26.790

5. What is going on in this image?
What do you see that makes you say that?
What more can we find?
A Pic Nick in the Woods of New England
about 1855
Jerome B. Thompson, American, 1814–1886
Dimensions
x cm (40 7/8 x 62 in.)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Paintings
Accession Number
46.852

6. Lesson 2

7. What is going on in this image?
What do you see that makes you say that?
What more can we find?
Carnival, Franklin Park, Boston
1897 Maurice Brazil Prendergast (American (born in Canada), 1858–1924)
CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ
Clark, Matthews, Owens 0611
DIMENSIONS
Sheet: 34 x 37.5 cm (13 3/8 x 14 3/4 in.) Framed: 54 x 59.7 cm (21 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Watercolor over graphite pencil on paper

8. What is going on in this image?
What do you see that makes you say that?
What more can we find?
Enclosed Field with Ploughman
October 1889 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch (worked in France), 1853–1890)
Dimensions
54.0 x 65.4 cm (21 1/4 x 25 3/4 in.)
Accession Number
Medium or Technique
Oil on canvas

9. What is going on in this image?
What do you see that makes you say that?
What more can we find?
Tire Jumping in Front of My Window
1936–47 Allan Rohan Crite (American, 1910–2007)
Dimensions
Height x width: 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (59.7 x 44.5 cm)
Accession Number
2007.3
Medium or Technique
Oil on canvasboard

10. Lesson 3

11. What is going on in this image?
What do you see that makes you say that?
What more can we find?
Lake Nemi
1872 George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
Dimensions
75.56 x cm (29 3/4 x 44 7/8 in.)
Accession Number
49.412
Medium or Technique
Oil on canvas

12. What is going on in this image?
What do you see that makes you say that?
What more can we find?
Storm Over Lake Otsego
1929 John Steuart Curry (American, 1897–1946)
Dimensions
x cm (40 1/8 x 50 1/4 in.)
Accession Number
55.369
Medium or Technique
Oil on canvas

13. What is going on in this image?
What do you see that makes you say that?
What more can we find?
Children at Play: Kite-flying Contest (Kodomo asobi tako-age kurabe)
「子供遊凧あげくらべ」
Japanese Edo period 1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 10th month Artist Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887), Publisher Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese), Blockcutter Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych
Accession Number
a-c
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

14. Lesson 4

15. What is going on in this image?
What do you see that makes you say that?
What more can we find?
Skating on a Frozen River
about 1650 Barent Avercamp (Dutch, 1612 or 1613–1679)
Dimensions
33.7 x 45.1 cm (13 1/4 x 17 3/4 in.)
Accession Number
60.982
Medium or Technique
Oil on panel

16. What is going on in this image?
What do you see that makes you say that?
What more can we find?
At Dusk (Boston Common at Twilight)
1885–86 Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935)
Dimensions
x cm (42 x 60 in.)
Accession Number
31.952
Medium or Technique
Oil on canvas

17. What is going on in this image?
What do you see that makes you say that?
What more can we find?
Chinese Children Playing in Snow
唐子の雪遊び
Japanese Edo period Artist Utagawa Kunitora (Japanese, active early 19th century), Publisher Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.6 x 37.1 cm (9 11/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
Accession Number
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper