Lucy Paquette

Sunlight (c. 1913)

by Richard E. Miller (American, 1875-1943)

The Art Institute of Chicago

Blue Rafters (c. 1916)

by Frederic Clay Bartlett (American, 1873-1953)

The Art Institute of Chicago

"Costume de bain" (Bathing costume)

by George Barbier (French, 1882-1932)

published in "Journal des Dames et des Modes" in 1913

Hopeful (1909)

by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch, naturalized British, 1836-1912)

Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Lady at Karrebæksminde Beach, Zealand (1898)

by Laurits Andersen Ring (Danish, 1854-1933)

National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen

Midday at the Sea (1884)

by Vittorio Matteo Corcos (Italian, 1859-1933)

Private collection

Afternoon by the Sea, Cannes (1914)

by Franz M. Melchers (German, 1868-1944)

Private collection

The Garden Bench (1882)

by James Tissot (French, 1836-1902)

Private collection

Tissot painted this family scene before the death of his companion, Kathleen Newton on November 9, 1882. The children are her son, Cecil George, her niece, Lilian Hervey, and her daughter, Violet.

Park Bench (c. 1890)

by William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Woman Reading on a Bench (Femme lisant sur un banc)

by Henri Bouchet-Doumenq (French, 1834- 1908)

Private collection

The Wait

by Vittorio Reggianini (Italian, 1858-1938)

Assicoop-Unipol Collection, Modena, Emilia Romagna, Italy

Woman reading on garden bench (1882)

by Sophie Werenskiold (Norwegian, 1849-1926)

National Museum, Norway

In the Garden (1872)

by Auguste Toulmouche (French, 1829-1890)

Unlocated

The Garden Bench (1920)

by Rae Sloan Bredin (American, 1880-1933)

Private collection

Bredin portrayed his wife, Alice, and their two daughters, Jean and Barbara.

A young girl, Marie Triepcke, sitting in a boat (1884)

by Bertha Wegmann (Danish, 1847-1926)

The Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr. Danish Art Collection

Girl on a Park Bench (1879)

by Walter Dendy Sadler (British, 1854-1923)

Private collection

On the green bench, Sanari (1911)

by Henri Lebasque (French, 1865-1937)

Private collection

The garden bench (c. 1915)

by Rupert Bunny (Australian, 1864-1947)

Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

Woman sitting with a parasol (c. 1895)

by Aristide Maillol (French, 1861-1944)

Musée Maillol, Paris

Young Girl in a Park (1893)

by Berthe Morisot (French, 1841-1895)

Musée des Augustins de Toulouse

On the bench at the Bois (1872)

by Giovanni Boldini (Italian, 1842-1931)

Private collection

Bouquet of Roses (1905)

by Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868-1940)

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France

Flowers (1912)

by Wilho Sjöström (Finnish, 1873-1944)

Finnish National Gallery

Golden Roses (1896)

by Olga Boznańska (Polish, 1865-1940)

The National Museum in Kraków

Plums, grapes and a glass of water (c. 1871-1872)

by Eva Gonzalès (French, 1849-1883)

Private collection

Café au lait au frais (c. 1892-1894)

by Ralph Elmer Clarkson (American, 1861-1942)

Donated by M. Christine Schwartz to the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, in 2021

Dining Room Overlooking the Garden (The Breakfast Room) 1930–31

by Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867-1947)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

A Helensburgh Breakfast

by Annie Rose Laing, née Low (Scottish, 1869-1946)

Private collection

Breakfast in the Garden (c. 1911)

by Frederick Carl Frieseke (American, 1874-1939)

Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, Illinois

The Breakfast (1911)

by William McGregor Paxton (American, 1869-1941)

Unlocated