Category: Works

El Cid (1879)

Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) El Cid 1879 Oil on canvas, 95 x 76 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid During the Franco-Prussian War, Rosa Bonheur developed a singular fondness for lions. According to Anna Klumpke, her partner in the final years of her…

Étude pour “Une baignade à Asnières” (c.1883-1884)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Étude pour “Une baignade à Asnières” (Study for “Bathers at Asnières”) c.1883–1884 Oil on wood panel, 32 x 41 x 5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Seurat’s approach to painting differed greatly from the Impressionist painters who…

Les Arbres (1908)

Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Les Arbres (Trees) 1908 Oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen We can still recognize the shapes and colors of the trees, and we know that the artist painted in the area of the…

Autoportrait (1858)

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1858 Oil on canvas, 40.7 x 32.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Le Port d’Anvers (1906)

Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le Port d’Anvers (The Port of Antwerp) 1906 Oil on canvas, 49.8 x 61.2 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Georges Braque worked in several distinct styles during his career; this painting is characteristic of his Fauve period. In…

Le Port d’Anvers (1905)

Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le Port d’Anvers (Antwerp Harbor) 1905 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 61 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel See also: • Antwerp (Belgium)

Violon, Mozart Kubelick (1912)

Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Violon, Mozart Kubelick (Violin, Mozart Kubelick) 1912 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 61 cm Private collection, Basel © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Punning and multivalent references delighted Cubist artists and their literary friends. Any word…

La Madeleine au miroir (c.1635-1640)

La Tour, Georges de (1593-1652) La Madeleine au miroir, La Madeleine pénitente (Magdalene at a Mirror, The Repentant Magdalen) c.1635–1640 Oil on canvas, 113 × 92.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington According to the tenets of the 17th–century Catholic church, Mary…