Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) La Paix (Peace) 1860 Oil on canvas, 85.1 x 107.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Two children embrace each other within a pastoral setting in this idyllic view. Adolphe-William Bouguereau, the prominent academic painter, showed “Peace”…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Vue de Bazincourt (View of Bazincourt) 1889 Watercolor on cotton mounted to pulpboard, 20.5 x 25.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York SIGNATURE: Signed and dated lower center: “C. Pissarro. 1889.” INSCRIPTIONS: Inscribed lower left: “A mon cher Fred. Souvenir…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le clocher de Bazincourt (The Bell Tower of Bazincourt) 1885 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 53.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis See also: • Bazincourt-sur-Epte (France)
O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Dark Abstraction 1924 Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 53.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Despite this painting’s modest size, its abstracted, organic forms evoke a monumentality and reverence for nature. Delicate folds of red and green…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) View in Suffolk c.1755 Oil on canvas, 95.9 x 125.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis The sun-drenched river bank, an amorous couple, and a leisurely rider offer a variety of details that create an idyllic setting. This…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco contemplando una calavera (St. Francis Contemplating a Skull) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 30.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis St. Francis of Assisi was a 13th-century Christian friar and preacher famous for…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Baigneurs (Bathers) 1890–1892 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 66 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis A group of male bathers relaxes alongside a riverbank: all are nude with the exception of a single figure to the right…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Elvira reposant à une table (Elvira Resting at a Table) c.1918–1919 Oil on canvas, 92.7 × 60.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis This woman was one of Amedeo Modigliani’s favorite models, a young worker known only…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Fille à la mandoline (Girl with Mandolin) 1860–1865 Oil on canvas, 51.4 x 40.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was nearly 70 years old and at the height of his considerable fame as a…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur à Nice (Interior at Nice) c.1919 Oil on canvas, 66.7 x 54.9 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis In this canvas, Henri Matisse evoked the relaxed atmosphere of Nice, France, a seaside city where the artist lived…