Tag: 1907

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…

The Sick Child (1907)

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) The Sick Child (Det syke barn) 1907 Oil on canvas, 118.7 x 121 cm Tate Britain, London The Sick Child draws upon Munch’s memory of his sister Sophie’s death from tuberculosis at the age of fifteen. The model…