Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) La Baigneuse (The Bather) 1922 Oil on panel, 18.7 x 12.7 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
La Baigneuse (1922)
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Baigneuse au bord de la mer (1939)
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Baigneuse au bord de la mer (Bather by the sea) 1939 Gouache on laid paper, 64.1 × 46.4 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Bather by the Sea is readily identified as Dora Maar by the shoulder-length dark hair,…
Celebes (1921)
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Celebes 1921 Oil on canvas, 125.4 × 107.9 cm Tate Britain, London The central rotund shape in this painting derives from a photograph of a Sudanese corn-bin, which Ernst has transformed into a sinister mechanical monster. Ernst often re-used…
Death and Life (1910-1911)
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Death and Life (Tod und Leben) 1910–1911 Oil on canvas, 200.5 x 180.5 cm Leopold Museum, Vienna Second version: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Death and Life 1915 Leopold Museum, Vienna
Death and Life (1915)
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Death and Life (Tod und Leben) 1915 Oil on canvas, 180.5 x 200.5 cm Leopold Museum, Vienna First Version: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Death and Life 1910–1911 Leopold Museum, Vienna
Marte e Venere uniti dall’Amore (1570s)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Marte e Venere uniti dall’Amore (Mars and Venus United by Love) 1570s Oil on canvas, 205.7 x 161 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The love between Mars, the god of war, and Venus, the goddess of…
Reclining Nude (1950)
Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Reclining Nude 1950 Bronze, 20.3 x 44.8 x 12.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Sea Maidens (1885-1886)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Sea Maidens 1885–1886 Oil on canvas, 81.8 x 142.8 cm De Morgan Collection This group of five mermaids is linked to the story of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson. The little mermaid falls in…
The Little Sea Maid (1880-1888)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Little Sea Maid 1880–1888 Oil on canvas, 100.2 x 73.4 cm De Morgan Collection Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid (1855), which is the much loved story of the Sea King’s daughter who rescues…
Cadmus and Harmonia (1877)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Cadmus and Harmonia 1877 Oil on canvas, 148.5 x 89.5 cm De Morgan Collection The subject of the painting is from Ovid‘s ‘Metamorphoses‘ (Book IV, 563–603). After Cadmus is changed into a serpent by Mars, his wife…