Derain, André (1880-1954) Portrait d’Alice Derain (Portrait of Alice Derain) c.1925 Pastel on paper, 43.5 x 38.5 cm Private collection See also: • Derain, Alice (1884-1975)
Arp, Jean (1886-1966) Moustaches c.1925 Oil on board, 30.7 x 22.7 cm Tate Britain, London Arp developed a distinctive repertoire of abstracted shapes for his sculptural reliefs. The same motifs, repeated from work to work, were intended as a kind of…
Kandinsky, Wassily (1866-1944) Swinging (Schaukeln) 1925 Oil on board, 70.5 × 50.2 cm Tate Britain, London The title ‘Swinging’ captures this work’s sense of movement. Kandinsky believed painting should aim to be as abstract as music. He worked to create art that…
Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) La Table (The Table) 1925 Oil on canvas, 102.9 × 74.3 cm Tate Britain, London This painting was bought as a result of the Courtauld Fund. In January 1924 the wealthy textile manufacturer Samuel Courtauld gave the large sum…
Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Le Bain (The Bath) 1925 Oil on canvas, 86 × 120.6 cm Tate Britain, London This is one of a series of paintings that Bonnard made of his wife Marthe in the bath. Though she was in her mid-fifties,…
Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) La Fenêtre (The Window) 1925 Oil on canvas, 108.6 × 88.6 cm Tate Britain, London In this work, Bonnard unites interior and exterior in the strong sunlight of the South of France. It was made in a rented apartment…