Tag: 1909

Francis Bacon

(1909–1992) The artist’s works: Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion 1944 Tate Britain, London Study for a Portrait 1952 Tate Britain, London Study for Crouching Nude 1952 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Study for ‘Portrait of Van Gogh IV’…

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…

Apparition (1905-1910)

Redon, Odilon (1840-1916) Apparition 1905–1910 Oil on canvas, 65 x 50 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton During the 1890s, Redon shifted his attention from charcoal drawing and lithography to a practice that embraced color, working in pastels and oil paints.…

Femme au chapeau noir (1909)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Femme au chapeau noir (Woman in a Black Hat) 1909 Oil on canvas, 73 x 60.3 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Artist and model Fernande Olivier (1881–1966) is the subject of this early Cubist portrait by Pablo…

Algernon Charles Swinburne

(1837–1909) Works: • A Century of Roundels (English) • A Channel Passage and Other Poems (English) • A Dark Month (English) • A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems (English) • A Study of Shakespeare (English) • Astrophel and Other Poems…

Vue du Parc Montsouris, Le Kiosque (c.1908-1910)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Vue du Parc Montsouris, Le Kiosque (View of the Montsouris Park, The Kiosk) c.1908–1910 Oil on canvas, 66 x 80 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Here we see a group of people strolling through the Parc Montsouris, one of four…

Buste de femme (1909)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Buste de femme (Bust of a Woman) 1909 Oil on canvas, 72.7 × 60 cm Tate Britain, London The treatment of the human figure in the Cubist paintings of Picasso and Braque is often reminiscent of sculpture. In this…

Autoritratto (1909)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) 1909 Pastel on gray wove paper, 50 × 29.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago