Tag: 1907

Los segadores (1907)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Los segadores (The Harvesters) 1907 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Sucesión Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid Like other painters in his circle, Picasso was keen to find new techniques that would enable him to handle…

Melancholy (1906-1907)

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Melancholy (The Reinhardt Frieze) 1906–1907 Tempera on canvas, 87 x 156 cm Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin In 1906, Munch was commissioned by the Berlin theatre director Max Reinhardt to create a picture frieze for a hall on the upper…

Maisons à Gósol (1904-1908)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Maisons à Gósol (Houses in Gósol) 1904–1908 Oil on canvas, 54 x 38.5 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen See also: • Gósol (España)

Alice Derain

née Alice Géry (1884–1975) André Derain and Alice Géry (April 20, 1918) Alice in Art: Derain, André (1880-1954) Madame Derain au châle blanc c.1919–1920 Tate Britain, London     Derain, André (1880-1954) Portrait d’Alice Derain 1920–1921 Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris     Derain,…

Grand Nu (1907-1908)

Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Grand Nu (Large Nude) 1907–1908 Oil on canvas, 140 × 100 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris [Winter 1907 – June 1908] By virtue of its subject, its dimensions and its audacity, this work constitutes an essential milestone in…

Le Viaduc de l’Estaque (1907)

Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le Viaduc de l’Estaque (The Viaduct at L’Estaque) 1907 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 80.6 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Between 1906 and 1910, Georges Braque made several trips to the south of France and the port at…

Paysage à la Ciotat (1907)

Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Paysage à la Ciotat (Landscape in La Ciotat) 1907 Oil on canvas, 51 x 62 cm Private collection Braque’s magnificent depiction of La Ciotat in the south of France is a seminal image of the Fauve revolution at…

Le Port de La Ciotat (1907)

Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le Port de La Ciotat (The Port of La Ciotat) 1907 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 81 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Braque was raised in the Normandy port town of Le Havre, where he first studied…

Port de Marseille (1907)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Port de Marseille (Harbour at Marseilles) 1907 Oil on canvas, 46 x 55 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg The pointillist technique used in this painting consists of small dotted applications of paint, and is sometimes also described as…

Orphée (c.1903-1910)

Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Orphée (Orpheus) c.1903–1910 Pastel on brown paper, 68.8 x 56.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Drawn in vivid layers of pastel crayon, this work depicts the head of the poet and musician Orpheus. The story of the…