Aalto, Alvar (1898-1976) 31 Armchair 1931–1932 Laminated and painted birch plywood and bentwood Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Aalto created this lightweight, economical, and comfortable chair by suspending a scrolled seating panel between two U-shaped wood frames. It is built…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Portrait d’homme (Portrait of a Man) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 64.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York In this enigmatic painting, an unidentified man in modern bourgeois attire sits in a chair among cuts of meat. A…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Il banchetto di Cleopatra (The Banquet of Cleopatra) 1743–1744 Oil on canvas, 250.3 × 357 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne See also: • Cleopatra (69-30 BC) | Egypt
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Dora Maar au Chat (Dora Maar with a Cat) 1941 Oil on canvas, 128.3 × 95.3 cm Private collection See also: • Maar, Dora (1907-1997)
Tissot, James (1836-1902) La Convalescente (The Convalescent) 1872 Oil on wood, 37.5 x 45.7 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di Costanza Alidosi (Portrait of Costanza Alidosi) c.1595 Oil on canvas 157.48 x 119.39 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington Lavinia Fontana depicted the Bolognese noblewoman Costanza Alidosi seated in a sparsely, yet…
Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Thérèse lisant dans le parc de Méric (Thérèse reading in the park of Méric) 1867 Oil on canvas 92 x 59.2 cm Private collection The subject of this work was Bazille’s cousin and primary subject for many of…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Leçon de musique (The Music Lesson) 1917 Oil on canvas, 245.1 x 210.8 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse set this portrait of his wife, daughter, and two sons in the living room of the family home in…
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Retrato de Marevna (Portrait of Marevna) c.1915 Oil on canvas, 145.7 × 112.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Early in his career, Diego Rivera enjoyed a brief but sparkling period as a Cubist painter. After years of…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur à Nice (Interior at Nice) 1919–1920 Oil on canvas, 131.5 × 90.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Beginning in 1917, Henri Matisse spent most winters in Nice, on the Mediterranean coast. He often stayed at the…