Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Courbet au chien noir (Courbet with a black dog) 1842–1844 Oil on canvas, 46.3 x 55.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris Gustave Courbet depicted himself as the young artist that he then was, of Bohemian elegance, travelling with his…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Condesa del Carpio, Marquesa de la Solana (The Countess del Carpio, Marquesa de la Solana) c.1794–1795 Oil on canvas, 181 x 122 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Born on May 23, 1757 in Bilbao, María Rita Barrenechea y…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) San Francisco de Borja y el moribundo impenitente (St Francis Borja at the Deathbed of an Impenitent) 1788 Oil on canvas, 350 x 300 cm Catedral de Valencia, Valencia See also: • Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Pont de l’Europe (On the Pont de l’Europe) 1876–1877 Oil on canvas, 105.7 x 130.8 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Although his closest artist friends were Monet and Renoir, the key advocates for loose brushwork and bright color,…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Portrait de l’artiste (Self-portrait) c.1892 Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 32.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Olympia 1863 Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 191 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris With Olympia, Manet reworked the traditional theme of the female nude, using a strong, uncompromising technique. Both the subject matter and its depiction explain the scandal…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Portrait de Madame M. (Portrait of Madame M.) c.1896 Oil on canvas, 198 x 114.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Amongst the many portraits painted by Rousseau, it is rare to find a full-length portrait and one of such a…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Portrait de femme (Portrait of a Woman) c.1895 Oil on canvas, 160.5 x 105.5 cm Musée Picasso, Paris Brassaï, photo of Picasso in his studio at 23 rue La Boétie, standing in front of Rousseau’s Portrait of a…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) L’enfant aux rochers (Boy on the Rocks) 1895–1897 Oil on linen, 55.4 x 45.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Misanthrope 1568 Tempera on canvas, 86 x 85 cm Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli