Scholderer, Otto (1834-1902) Portrait of the Artist’s Wife (Porträt der Frau des Künstlers) probably 1872–1873 Oil on canvas, 31.6 × 40 cm National Gallery, London Scholderer made several portraits of Luise Steurwaldt, whom he married in London on 11 February 1872. Here…
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Femme et enfant dans un paysage (Woman and Child in a Landscape) 1846–1847 Oil on canvas, 45.7 × 38.1 cm National Gallery, London A woman sits on a rocky ledge, her head gracefully turned toward a young naked…
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Paysans ramenant à la maison un veau né dans les champs (Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields) 1864 Oil on canvas, 81.1 × 100 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Compare: Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Ramenant à…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Madame Charles Gounod 1859 Graphite on ivory wove paper, 25.6 x 20.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Gounod, Charles (1818-1893) | Zimmerman, Anna (1829-1907)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Couturière à la fenêtre (Seamstress at Window) c.1908–1910 Oil on canvas, 64.77 x 54.61 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Personnages dans un intérieur: Le choix des livres (Figures in an Interior: Selection of Books) 1896 Glue-based paint on canvas Petit Palais, Paris Selection of Books is one of four panels painted by Vuillard for the apartment of Doctor…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Les Saisons: L’Eté (Seasons: Summer) c.1860 Oil on canvas Petit Palais, Paris Cézanne as a young painter signed “Ingres” on several works. In 1860, Cézanne, still a student at the law faculty in Aix, started out as a painter…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Les blanchisseuses (The Laundresses) c.1756–1761 Oil on canvas, 73 x 61.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Two women in bright white and yellow form the focal point of this composition. They toil within a stifling atmosphere…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Le Bal à Suresnes (At the Suresnes Ball) 1903 Oil on canvas, 180 × 145.1 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis A man in an infantry uniform dances with a taller woman, the splayed fingers of his…
Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Jeune femme à la blouse blanche (Young Woman in a White Blouse) c.1929 Oil on canvas, 45 × 34 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This poignant portrait illustrates Soutine‘s remarkable ability to capture the psychological life of his…