Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) I lastricatori di strade (The Street Pavers) 1914 Oil on canvas, 100 × 100 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boccioni was a member of the Futurists, a group of Italian artists who announced their existence in 1909…
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…
Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) Nue arrangeant ses cheveux (Nude Arranging Her Hair) c.1916 Oil on canvasboard, 104.77 x 75.24 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington Suzanne Valadon painted female nudes throughout her career and was one of only a few…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Bath 1891 Soft-ground etching with aquatint and drypoint on paper, 31.43 x 24.44 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington In 1890, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris held a large-scale exhibition of Japanese prints that…
Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Femme nue se baissant (Nude Bending Down) 1923 Oil on canvas, 57.1 × 52.7 cm Tate Britain, London A woman is glimpsed quietly wiping her leg. The informality of the pose suggests that the model has been caught unawares…
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Diane sortant du bain (Diana leaving her Bath) 1742 Oil on canvas, 57 x 73 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Boucher, François (1703-1770) Le Bain de Vénus (The Bath of Venus) 1751 Oil on canvas, 107 x 84.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In Enlightenment France the dedicated search to define truth engendered a re–evaluation of the natural. The belief that…
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Nu à la corbeille de fruits (Nude with fruit basket) 1925 Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Nu couché sur le côté gauche (Nude lying on the left side) 1917 Oil on canvas, 89.5 x 146.7 cm Private collection “There is only one painter of the modern nude” – André Salmon. Fifteen Francs a day.…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Tête de femme, Lorette (Head of a woman, Lorette) 1916 Oil on panel, 21.9 x 15.5 cm Private collection Models were hard to come by in World War I Paris. However, at the recommendation of fellow artist Georgette…