The essential character of symbolic art consists in never approaching the concentrated kernel of the Idea in itself.
Symbolist Manifesto Jean Moréas, first published in Le Figaro, 1886
The Bath Berthe Morisot, 1885 – 1886
The Magic Circle John William Waterhouse, 1886
The Misery Cristóbal Rojas Poleo, 1886
The Sick Violinist Cristóbal Rojas Poleo, 1886
Undertow Winslow Homer, 1886
A Crucifixion in the Time of the Romans Vasily Vereshchagin, 1887
Christ Odilon Redon, 1887
Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners Alexandre Cabanel, 1887
Little Girl Cecilia Beaux, 1887
Love's Young Dream Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, 1887
Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine Paul Cézanne, 1887
Outside a Roman Hostelry Elena Brockmann, 1887
Outskirts of Paris near Montmartre Vincent Van Gogh, 1887
Pierre Bracquemond painting a bouquet of flowers Marie Bracquemond, 1887
Portrait of Vincent van Gogh Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1887
Self-portrait Cristóbal Rojas Poleo, 1887
Self-portrait Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz, 1887
Self-Portrait 1887 Vincent Van Gogh, 1887
Tamaris Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1886 – 1887
My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin Charles Darwin, 1887
The Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff Marie Bashkirtseff, 1887
The King Watches Rosa Bonheur, 1887
The Large Bathers Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1884 – 1887
The Northern Lights over Four Men in a Rowboat Peder Balke, 1887
Third Imperial Egg Peter Carl Fabergé, 1886 – 1887
Willow Bough William Morris, 1887
A Jig Beyond the Grave José Guadalupe Posada, 1888
Ahasuerus at the End of the World Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl, 1888
Alcoholic Calavera José Guadalupe Posada, 1888
Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 James Ensor, 1888
Coffee drinker Ivana Kobilca, 1888
Death: “My Irony Surpasses All Others” Odilon Redon, 1888
Hamlet and Ophelia Mikhail Vrubel, 1888
Head of a Girl Vincent Van Gogh, 1888
L'Île Lacroix, Rouen Camille Pissarro, 1888
Madeleine dans le Bois d'Amour Émile Bernard, 1888
Michael Ancher on his way to his studio accompanied by the organist Helene Christensen Anna Ancher, 1888
Orchard with Arles in the Background Vincent Van Gogh, 1888
Portrait of Alexander Harrison Cecilia Beaux, 1888
Portrait of Armand Roulin Vincent Van Gogh, 1888
Portrait of Gypsy Woman Olga Boznańska, 1888
Portrait of Eugène Boch Vincent Van Gogh, 1888
Portrait of Joseph-Michel Ginoux Vincent Van Gogh, 1888
Portrait of Millet Second Lieutenant of the Zouaves Vincent Van Gogh, 1888
Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin Vincent Van Gogh, 1888
Reading Berthe Morisot, 1888
Seaside Inlet, Concarneau, France Cecilia Beaux, 1888
Self-portrait as an Artist Vincent Van Gogh, 1888
Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin Vincent Van Gogh, 1888
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