Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Reclining Figure 1935–1936 Elm wood, 48.26 x 93.34 x 44.45 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In 1924 Henry Moore began exploring the theme of the reclining figure, and he eventually began seeing parallels between the motif and…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Musique (Music) 1939 Oil on canvas, 115.25 x 115.25 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Music was a constant part of Henri Matisse’s life and an endless source of enjoyment and inspiration. He played the violin daily,…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) La fumée (Smoke) 1912 Oil on canvas, 92.07 x 73.02 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Smoke is one of several of Fernand Léger‘s studies combining puffs of smoke with a group of buildings. Although this painting is…
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) L’angoscia della partenza (The Anguish of Departure) 1913–1914 Oil on canvas, 86.04 x 70.17 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In his own words, Giorgio de Chirico aspired “to live in the world as an immense museum of…
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La Vie paysanne (Peasant Life) 1925 Oil on canvas, 100.01 x 80.01 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Marc Chagall was born into a Hasidic Jewish family in an area of the Russian Empire that is now Belarus.…
Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Le Canigou 1921 Oil on canvas, 64.77 x 100.33 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo This painting depicts the view from Juan Gris’s hotel window in the small town of Céret, in the Pyrenees; Le Canigou is one…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) La Jeune bonne (The Servant Girl) c.1918 Oil on canvas, 152.4 x 60.96 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Between 1915 and 1920, Amedeo Modigliani executed many portraits in a style characterized by sparse settings and figures rendered…
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Une laveuse au Quai d’Anjou (Laundress on the Quai d’Anjou) c.1860 Oil on wood, 28.57 x 19.68 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Through light and shadow, Honoré Daumier empathetically responded to the effects of increasing industrialization in…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Rue de Meknès (Street in Meknes) 1832 Oil on canvas, 46.35 x 64.13 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo See also: • Meknes (Morocco)