Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Hylas and the Nymphs 1896 Oil on canvas, 98.2 x 163.3 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Mythological scene from the ancient Greek tale of Jason and the Argonauts, showing Hylas being tempted to his death by…
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Ophelia 1910 Oil on canvas, 101.6 x 63.5 cm Private collection See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Ophelia 1894 Oil on canvas, 124.5 x 73.7 cm Private collection See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Ophelia 1889 Oil on canvas, 97.79 x 158.12 cm Private collection See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) The Lady of Shalott 1888 Oil on canvas, 153 x 200 cm Tate Britain, London English poet Alfred Tennyson’s poem ‘The Lady of Shalott’ (1833) describes a heroine confined to a tower and cursed to die…
Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Hommage à Pablo (Portrait of Pablo Picasso) 1912 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 74.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In 1906 Juan Gris traveled to Paris, where he met Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque and participated in…
Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Arlequin à la guitare (Harlequin with a Guitar) 1917 Oil on panel, 100.3 × 65.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Like many European artists before them, Cubists often depicted Harlequin, a stock character in the Italian…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Juan Gris 1915 Oil on canvas, 54.9 x 38.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Modigliani, who left Italy for Paris in 1906, is said to have met the Spanish artist Juan Gris at the apartment of…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Lola de Valence 1862 Oil on canvas, 123 x 92 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Lola de Valence, née Dolores Melea
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Lola de Valence 1915 Oil on paper, mounted on wood, 52.1 × 33.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Modigliani consistently integrated stylistic features of African art into his distinctive portraits. This work represents Lola de Valence,…