Pollock, Jackson (1912-1956) Number 5, 1950 1950 Oil on canvas, 136.5 x 99.1 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Notoriously nicknamed “Jack the Dripper” by Time magazine, Pollock pioneered the technique of flinging pigment from store-bought cans of paint onto canvas…
Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Madonna col Bambino (Virgin and Child) c.1490–1500 Tempera and oil on wood, 45.5 x 34.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Bernardino di Betto, called Pinturicchio, is said to have acquired his nickname (“little painter”) because of his small…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) La Vie (Life) 1903 Oil on canvas, 196.5 x 129.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In 1901, depressed over the suicide of a close friend, Picasso launched into the melancholic paintings of his Blue period (1901–4). Only…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) San Sebastiano (Saint Sebastian) c.1493 Metalpoint, 25.6 x 14.6 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Florentine painter Perugino made drawings to record figural types and poses that could be repeated throughout his finished paintings. He used the elegant,…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) La sepoltura (The Entombment) 1529–1530 Etching, 27.1 x 20.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland One of the most important Mannerist painters, Parmigianino was the first artist to exploit the fluid, expressive potential of etching. The graphic vocabulary of…
Nadar (1820-1910) Gioachino Antonio Rossini 1856 Salt print mounted on card, 24.4 x 18.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Rossini (1792–1868) is best known for the 39 operas he completed before his 39th birthday, including The Barber of Seville, Othello,…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Labán en busca de sus dioses domésticos robados (Laban Searching for his Stolen Household Gods) c.1665–1670 Oil on canvas, 243 x 362 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This story comes from the Old Testament book of…
Murer, Eugène (1841-1906) Trilogy of Months, state II s.d. Color lithograph, 82.2 x 61 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Vollard, Ambroise (1866-1939)
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) The Sin (Woman with Red Hair and Green Eyes) 1901 Color lithograph, 69.8 x 40.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The fatal women and embracing couples in Picasso’s art of the early 1900s exhibit striking affinities with…
Morris, William (1834-1896) Peacock and Dragon 1878 Weft-faced compound twill; wool, 206.6 x 174.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Morris sought to produce textiles that could function as he imagined medieval wall hangings had, bringing warmth to stone-cold rooms. Boldly…