Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Le cycliste (The Bicyclist) 1951 Oil on canvas, 130.8 x 97.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Straddling a bicycle, a sturdy woman stands still. One foot rests on the right pedal, the other on the…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) La femme au chat (Woman with a Cat) 1921 Oil on canvas, 130.8 × 90.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Woman with a Cat belongs to a group of monumental female figures that Léger painted…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Marie l’acrobate (Mary the Acrobat) 1936 Oil on canvas, 130 x 97 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Circus images began to appear in Léger’s work roughly twenty years prior to Marie l’acrobate (Marie, the…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Martirio di San Pietro (Martyrdom of St. Peter) 16th century Oil on canvas, 34.3 x 24 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
Pueyrredón, Prilidiano (1823-1870) El baño (The Bath) 1865 Oil on canvas, 102 x 126.5 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Currently, two nudes by Prilidiano Pueyrredón are known: El baño and La siesta (private collection), both of a…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Baigneurs en Bretagne (Bathers in Brittany) 1887 Oil on canvas, 97.5 x 130 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Two Bathers – as Gauguin called this painting when it was first exhibited – was probably…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Vahine no te miti (Femme a la mer, Woman by the sea) 1892 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 74 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires The MNBA is fortunate enough to possess two paintings from…
Cárcova, Ernesto de la (1866-1927) Retrato de la esposa del autor (Portrait of the Artist’s Wife) 1914 Oil on canvas, 182 x 125 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires See also: • Pérez del Cerro y García de Cossio,…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Preparatifs de Ballet, La Contre Basse (Preparations for the Ballet, The Contrabass) 1887 Oil on canvas, 37 x 87 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires