Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Étude pour La France ou Saint Georges (Study for France or Saint George) c.1902–1903 Bronze, 49.3 x 44 x 37.8 cm Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine © Musée Camille Claudel, photo by Yves Bourel Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin shared their…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Portrait d’une femme polonaise (Portrait of a Polish Woman) 1919 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 64.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Notorious for his fiery temper, his passionate love affairs, and his severe poverty, Amedeo Modigliani was the consummate…
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Self-Portrait 1912 Watercolor over graphite on light brown wove japan paper, 34.9 x 25.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Autoportrait dédié à Carrière (Self-Portrait Dedicated to Carrière) 1888 or 1889 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 38.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Retrato de un hombre, posible autorretrato (Portrait of a Man, Possibly a Self-Portrait) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 55.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The broken, flickering outlines that keep the surface and flesh alive in…
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Pierre Puvis de Chavannes modeled c.1890, cast c.1910 Bronze, 53.3 × 50.8 × 31.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cast by Alexis Rudier (French) Rodin neither selected his male and female sitters in the same way, nor…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Pierre Renoir 1890 Oil on canvas, 55.2 × 46.4 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit See also: • Renoir, Pierre (1885-1952)
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Madame Bonnard 1895–1900 Oil on cardboard, 41.7 x 31.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Inscription upper left: à Bonnard / EVuillard See also: • Bonnard, Marthe (1869-1942)
Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Autoportrait (Self-portrait) 1889 Tempera on canvas, 21.5 x 15.8 cm Private collection
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Tête de femme, Lorette (Head of a woman, Lorette) 1916 Oil on panel, 21.9 x 15.5 cm Private collection Models were hard to come by in World War I Paris. However, at the recommendation of fellow artist Georgette…