El Greco (1541-1614) Cristo en la cruz (Christ on the Cross) c.1600–1610 Oil on canvas, 193 x 116 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland El Greco (Spanish for “the Greek”) was trained on his native island, Crete, as a painter of…
El Greco (1541-1614) La Sagrada Familia con María Magdalena (The Holy Family with Mary Magdalene) c.1590–1595 Oil on canvas, 130 x 100 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The seemingly weightless figures, the startling color combinations, and the moody, imprecise setting…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Le chant du berger (The Shepherd’s Song) 1891 Oil on canvas, 104.5 x 109.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Puvis adapted this composition from a mural that he made for the Musée des Beaux-Arts…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Marseille, porte de l’Orient (Marseilles, Gateway to the Orient) c.1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 98.42 x 146.36 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington See also: • Marseille (France)
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) L’été (Summer) 1891 Oil on fabric, 149.6 x 232.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Puvis de Chavannes was considered one of the foremost artists in France in the second half of the 1800, and was…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Étude de Femme nue assise dessinant (Study of a Seated Nude Female Model Drawing) 1888–1898 Black chalk on paper, 23.7 x 30.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902) Puvis de Chavannes 1876 Etching Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898)
(1824–1898) Pierre Cécile Puvis de Chavannes The artist’s works: Pompiers ruraux 1857 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Le repos c.1863 National Gallery of Art, Washington Le travail c.1863 National Gallery of Art, Washington Marseille, porte de l’Orient c.1868–1869 The Phillips Collection, Washington La Madeleine au…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Cavalerie grecque au repos dans une forêt (Greek Cavalry Men Resting in Forest) 1858 Oil on fabric, 50.4 x 61.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland A leading figure of the French Romantic movement, Delacroix painted traditional historical…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant la course (Before the Race) c.1887–1889 Pastel on paper mounted to cardboard, 57.5 x 65.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland When creating the series to which this pastel belongs, Edgar Degas was inspired by the 19th-century…