Tag: Art

Port en Provence, Martigues (1913)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Port en Provence, Martigues (Martigues, Harbor in Provence) 1913 Oil on canvas, 141 x 90 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Martigues is a port on the Mediterranean coast of south-eastern France, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. It was…

Port (c.1905)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Port c.1905 Oil on canvas, 62 x 73 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

Portrait d’une jeune fille en noir (1913-1914)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Portrait d’une jeune fille en noir (Portrait of a Girl in Black) 1913–1914 Oil on canvas, 116.5 x 89.3 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Under the influence of Cézanne, but also due to his friendship with Picasso and…

Falaise (1912)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Falaise (Cliffs) 1912 Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 81 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

The Palace of Westminster (1906-1907)

Derain, André (1880-1954) The Palace of Westminster 1906–1907 Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 99.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In 1905 and 1906, Derain traveled to London at the suggestion of the art dealer Ambroise Vollard to paint the…

La conversione della Maddalena (c.1661-1662)

Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) La conversione della Maddalena (The Conversion of Mary Magdalene) c.1661–1662 Oil on canvas, 229.2 x 265.4 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena In the seventeenth century, Guido Cagnacci was celebrated for his deeply sensual paintings of female saints and…

Morte di Cleopatra (after 1659)

Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Morte di Cleopatra (The Death of Cleopatra) after 1659 Oil on canvas, 153 x 169 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at the bottom right of the armrest support: GVIDO CAGNAZZI The last queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, let herself…