(1896–1974) José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros The artist’s works: Cabeza c.1930 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Desnudo sentado 1930 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Autorretrato 1936–1937 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cosmos y desastre c.1936 Tate Britain, London Autorretrato 1948 National Gallery…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Groupe de danseuses (Group of Dancers) c.1895–1897 Pastel on panel, 32.39 × 40.96 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas This enigmatic drawing on panel has never before been published. The stamps and numbers on the verso indicate…
(1896–1972) Jessie Royce Medbury Filmography as Actress: To Catch a Thief 1955 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly The Swan 1956 Director: Charles Vidor Starring: Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness Airport 1970 Director: George Seaton…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Trois femmes tahitiennes (Three Tahitian Women) 1896 Oil on canvas, 24.4 x 43.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This panel once carried a note by the artist: “To the unknown collector of my works, Greetings—…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nature morte avec théière et fruits (Still Life with Teapot and Fruit) 1896 Oil on canvas, 47.6 x 66 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York One of Gauguin’s most treasured possessions was a painting by Cézanne,…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Enfant aux jouets, Gabrielle et Jean (Child with Toys, Gabrielle and the Artist’s Son, Jean) 1895–1896 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 65.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from about the waist up, a woman with…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Enfant aux cheveux blonds (Child with Blond Hair) 1895–1900 Oil on canvas, 9.5 x 8.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le bleu rivière (Blue River) c.1890–1900 Oil on canvas, 7.7 x 9.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Poèmes Barbares (Savage Poems) 1896 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 48.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Gauguin’s model for this painting was likely Pau’ura a Tai, a 14-year-old girl whom the artist described as his “native wife”…
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…