Derain, André (1880-1954) London Bridge 1906 Oil on canvas, 66 x 99.1 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York In 1905, French painter André Derain was commissioned by his art dealer Ambroise Vollard to paint views of London. Derain set up…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Petites maisons près de Pontoise (Small Houses in Pontoise) c.1873–1874 Oil on canvas, 40.7 x 50.9 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Cézanne painted this landscape when he was working alongside Camille Pissarro in the Oise valley, north…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) San Sebastiano (St. Sebastian) c.1478 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 171 x 85.5 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden Antonello da Messina set the martyrdom of St. Sebastian in Venice, as can be seen from the waterways…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Eté à Bougival (Summer at Bougival) 1876 Oil on canvas, 47 x 62 cm Bührle Collection, Zürich See also: • Bougival (France)
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) La route dans les bois (The Road in the Woods) 1879 Oil on canvas, 46.3 x 55.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Boulevard Héloïse, Argenteuil 1872 Oil on canvas, 39.5 x 59.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Boulevard Héloise, Argenteuil 1872 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven See also: • Boulevard Héloïse (Argenteuil)
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Pont de Villeneuve-la-Garenne (The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne) 1872 Oil on canvas, 49.5 x 65.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Recently built, state-of-the-art bridges, emblematic of modernity, appear in a number of Sisley’s paintings of the 1870s…
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Le Violiniste (The Fiddler) 1912–1913 Oil on linen tablecloth, 196.5 x 166.5 x 6.5 cm Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Marc Chagall completed The Violinist shortly after moving from St. Petersburg to Paris. It is a good example of the…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Consegna delle chiavi del Regno (Christ’s Charge to Peter) c.1515–1516 Bodycolour over charcoal underdrawing on paper, mounted on canvas, 344 x 534 Victoria and Albert Museum, London Acquired by the Prince of Wales, future King Charles I in 1623…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Empire des lumières, II (The Empire of Light, II) 1950 Oil on canvas, 78.8 x 99.1 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York © 2013 C. Herscovici, Brussels / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York