Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Art de la Conversation (The Art of Conversation) 1955 Gouache on paper, 15.9 x 21 cm Private collection Executed in 1955, L’art de la conversation is one of a series of works in which René Magritte pursued his…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Christ vert, ou Calvaire breton (Green Christ, or Breton Calvary) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92 x 73.5 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels Compare: Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Christ jaune 1889 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo …
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Ensor au chevalet (Ensor at his Easel) 1886? Oil on canvas, 58.5 × 40.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Magritte, René (1898-1967) La tempête (The Tempest) c.1931 Oil on canvas, 49.5 x 65.4 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Magritte sought to create what he called “poetic paintings.” Here he balanced solid and void, light and dark, and hard and soft to create…
(1862–1946) née Kathleen Maude Doane Maude in Art: Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The French Breakfast 1910 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The Mantle Piece 1912 Bush-Holley House, Cos Cob Born June 26 1862 Montréal (Canada) Died October 13 1946 Manhattan,…
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) The Old Palace in Brussels (Coudenberg Palace) 1670 Oil on wood, 50 x 62.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Former palace of the Dukes of Brabant in the Middle Ages (and of the Dukes of Burgundy,…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) La ruée des disciples du Christ (The Rush of Christ’s Disciples) 1926 Pastel heightened with gouache on paper, 31.7 x 23.7 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Le jardin de la famille Rousseau (The Garden of the Rousseau Family) 1885 Oil on fabric, 75.5 x 61 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland James Ensor painted in a wide variety of styles and techniques, his subjects…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Homme au journal (Man with a Newspaper) 1928 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 81.3 cm Tate Britain, London Magritte’s deadpan style is seen clearly in these four simply painted scenes. Each section seems to be exactly the same,…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Annonciation (The Annunciation) 1930 Oil on canvas, 113.7 x 145.9 cm Tate Britain, London The objects in this painting appear to be a metal sheet with bells, a paper cut-out and two balusters (Magritte referred to similar objects…