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La maison grise (1917)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La maison grise (The Grey House) 1917 Oil on canvas, 68 x 74 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The Grey House is one of a series of canvases painted by Chagall in his native city, Vitebsk, during the First…

Le Moulin de la Galette (1886-1887)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Le Moulin de la Galette (The Blute-Fin Windmill, Montmartre) c.1886–1887 Oil on paper on canvas, 61 x 50 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires See also: • Moulin de la Galette (Paris)

Les toits du Vieux Nice (c.1911-1919)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les toits du Vieux Nice (The Roofs of Old Nice) c.1911–1919 Oil on canvas Musée Renoir, Cagnes-sur-Mer The old town seen from Renoir’s house. See also: • Nice (France)

Ecce Homo (1634)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Ecce Homo 1634 Oil on paper mounted onto canvas, 54.5 x 44.5 cm National Gallery, London ‘Ecce Homo’, the Latin title of this painting, is taken from the Bible, and means ‘Behold the man!’ These were the words…

Intérieur après diner (1868-1869)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Intérieur après dîner (Interior, after Dinner) 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 65.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In a darkened room, two women sit at a round table near a man who stands leaning against…

Ritratto di cavaliere con orologio (c.1550)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di cavaliere con orologio (Portrait of a Knight with a Clock) c.1550 Oil on canvas, 122 x 101 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The unknown subject of this portrait has been identified, inconclusively, as either Gianello della Torre,…

La durée poignardée (1938)

Magritte, René (1898-1967) La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed) 1938 Oil on canvas, 147 x 98.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2013 C. Herscovici, London / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Impressed by René Magritte’s submissions to the 1936 International…

L’Atelier rouge (1911)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) L’Atelier rouge (The Red Studio) 1911 Oil on canvas, 181 x 219.1 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York © 2013 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York