Tag: AIC

Il Canal Grande, Venezia (c.1760)

Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Il Canal Grande, Venezia (The Grand Canal, Venice) c.1760 Oil on canvas, 73 × 119.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Although he did not begin to paint views (vedute) until he was in his mid-40s, Francesco Guardi soon…

Niño montando un carnero (1786-1787)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Niño montando un carnero (Boy on a Ram) 1786–1787 Oil on canvas, 127.2 × 112.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago As painter to the king of Spain, Francisco de Goya also designed tapestries for the royal residences.…

Il rapimento delle Sabine (c.1675)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Il rapimento delle Sabine (The Abduction of the Sabine Women) c.1675 Oil on canvas, 260 × 295 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Perhaps the most acclaimed and well-traveled artist in Italy at the end of the 17th century,…

Tête d’homme guillotiné (1818-1819)

Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Tête d’homme guillotiné (Head of a Guillotined Man) 1818–1819 Oil on panel, 48.5 × 29.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Théodore Géricault painted this macabre image directly from life. The artist is known to have acquired corpses from…

Vincent van Gogh sur son lit de mort (1890)

Gachet, Paul (1828-1909) Vincent van Gogh sur son lit de mort (Vincent van Gogh on His Deathbed) 1890 Etching in black on tan laid paper, 12.1 × 16.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Compare: Gachet, Paul (1828-1909) Vincent Van Gogh à son…

Portrait d’un homme en costume (c.1767-1768)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Portrait d’un homme en costume (Portrait of a Man in Costume) c.1767–1768 Oil on canvas, 80.3 × 64.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Jean-Honoré Fragonard is perhaps best known for his light-hearted, amorous subjects, which seem to embody…

Dada Gauguin (1920)

Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Dada Gauguin 1920 Gouache and ink on printed paper, 30.3 × 40 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris See also: • Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903)

Forêt et soleil (1927)

Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Forêt et soleil (Forest and Sun) 1927 Oil on canvas, 66 × 82.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Among his many recollections of childhood, Max Ernst…