O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Morning Glory with Black 1926 Oil on canvas, 91 x 75.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The morning glory rests against a black petunia, seen partially at lower right. O’Keeffe is best known for close-up flower subjects…
Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Femmes en prière (Women in Prayer) 1888 Oil on canvas, 133.5 × 177 cm Tate Britain, London
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) The Artist’s Daughter Margaret c.1772 Oil on canvas, 75.6 × 62.9 cm Tate Britain, London Gainsborough’s younger daughter, Margaret, was in her mid-twenties when her father painted this portrait. At the time she was still living with her elder…
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Le Roi d’Aragon (King of Aragon) 1973 Etching and mezzotint on paper, 48.3 × 35.6 cm Tate Britain, London Albert Field, The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí, New York 1996, p.80: “King of Aragon…
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Vespertina Quies (Evening Quiet) 1893 Oil on canvas, 107.9 x 62.2 cm Tate Britain, London This picture evokes a mood of contemplation and stillness. Its Latin title means ‘Evening Quiet’. Burne-Jones is believed to have employed a model…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Femme au chapeau noir (Woman in a Black Hat) 1909 Oil on canvas, 73 x 60.3 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo
Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) At the Window 1872 Oil on canvas, 57 × 40 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of a man, bust length c.1625 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 56 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Autorretrato (Self Portrait) c.1670 Oil on canvas, 122 × 107 cm National Gallery, London Murillo probably painted this self portrait in about 1670, when he was in his early fifties – his hairline is receding and his…
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Bridge of Sighs 1858 Etching on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper, 17.6 × 12.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The etching was made as an illustration to Thomas Hood’s poem ‘The Bridge of Sighs’,…