Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Les Persiennes (The Venetian Blinds) 1919 Oil on canvas, 130 × 89 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Henri Matisse painted this canvas in his hotel room in Nice, in the South of France, where he spent his winters beginning…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Famille Henriot (Henriot Family) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 164.1 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Daytrips to the countryside around Paris became a popular form of leisure during the late 19th century. Renoir alludes to this kind…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Femme allongée (Reclining Woman) 1922 Oil on canvas, 64.5 × 92 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Fernand Léger first saw the work of the Cubists Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso at the Paris gallery of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler.…
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Retrato de Marevna (Portrait of Marevna) c.1915 Oil on canvas, 145.7 × 112.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Early in his career, Diego Rivera enjoyed a brief but sparkling period as a Cubist painter. After years of…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) La Lecture interrompue (Interrupted Reading) c.1870 Oil on canvas mounted on board, 92.5 × 65.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Interrupted Reading is among the most compelling of Camille Corot’s late figure paintings. Corot almost never exhibited…
El Greco (1541-1614) La Anunciación (The Annunciation) c.1576 Oil on canvas, 117 x 98 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In the course of his life, EI Greco painted numerous versions of the Annunciation, thus allowing his stylistic development to be traced through…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Annunciation Diptych c.1433–1435 Oil on panel, left wing: 38.8 x 23.2 cm; right wing: 39 x 24 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This diptych is an outstanding example of grisaille painting. Here, van Eyck deliberately rejects the…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Jesus among the Doctors 1506 Oil on panel, 64.3 x 80.3 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Dürer was the leading representative of German Renaissance art, and a key advocate of new ideas in Northern Europe. This panel was executed…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Saint Elizabeth with donor (Interior left wing) c.1514 Oil on panel, 85 x 31 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the most…
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Retrato de Ramón Gómez de la Serna (Portrait of Ramón Gómez de la Serna) 1915 Oil on canvas, 110.5 x 90.5 cm Museo de Arte Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires This portrait of the writer Ramón Gómez de la Serna,…