Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Les Grandes Baigneuses (Bathers) c.1894–1905 Oil on canvas, 127.2 x 196.1 cm National Gallery, London Around 200 of Cézanne’s works depict male and female nude bathers, either singly or in groups, in a landscape. The earliest dates from…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La mort de Sardanapale (The Death of Sardanapalus) 1844 Oil on canvas, 73.7 × 92.6 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia The subject of this painting was inspired by Lord Byron‘s dramatic poem of 1821 about the life of an…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) New York Skyline, Light Buildings 1918 Transfer lithograph, 22.9 x 34.6 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Compare: Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) New York Skyline, Dark Buildings 1918 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia See also: • New York, NY (USA)
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) New York Skyline, Dark Buildings 1918 Transfer lithograph, 20.3 x 34.6 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Compare: Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) New York Skyline, Light Buildings 1918 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia See also: • New York, NY (USA)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Aqueduc (Aqueduct) c.1826–1828 Oil on canvas, 24.1 x 43.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Compare: Corot, Camille (1796-1875) Aqueduc dans la campagne romaine 1826 Private collection See also: • Roma (Italia)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Aqueduc dans la campagne romaine (A view of the Roman campagna and the Claudian aqueduct towards Monte Cavo) 1826 Oil on canvas, 29.2 x 51.4 cm Private collection Compare: Corot, Camille (1796-1875) Aqueduc c.1826–1828 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia …
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Paysage à Ornans (Landscape at Ornans) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 47.3 x 56.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia See also: • Ornans (France)
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Liberación del peón (Liberation of the Peon) 1931 Fresco on cement, 185.4 × 239.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Diego Rivera’s Liberation of the Peon makes visible the cruel and exploitative Mexican peonage system, which kept agricultural workers…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Scholar in His Study (‘Faust’) c.1652 Etching, engraving and drypoint, 20.9 x 16 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Compare: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Faust c.1652 Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Parahi Te Marae (The Sacred Mountain) 1892 Oil on canvas, 66 × 88.9 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia This painting of a marae, or Tahitian sacred enclosure, was created on Paul Gauguin’s first trip to Tahiti. The artist’s title—Parahi…