Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) La madre (The Mother) 1901 Oil on cardboard mounted on panel, 74.9 × 52.1 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis This work, painted by Pablo Picasso when he was just 20 years old, features a mother who…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Paysage avec un cheval (Landscape with a Horse) 1899 Oil on burlap, 70.8 x 44.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis In this scene Paul Gauguin depicted a group of huts and a single wild horse against…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Usines à Clichy (Factories at Clichy) 1887 Oil on canvas, 53.7 x 72.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Vincent van Gogh depicted an expanse of factories billowing smoke into the air in the gritty, industrial…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) La Paix (Peace) 1860 Oil on canvas, 85.1 x 107.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Two children embrace each other within a pastoral setting in this idyllic view. Adolphe-William Bouguereau, the prominent academic painter, showed “Peace”…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Vue de Bazincourt (View of Bazincourt) 1889 Watercolor on cotton mounted to pulpboard, 20.5 x 25.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York SIGNATURE: Signed and dated lower center: “C. Pissarro. 1889.” INSCRIPTIONS: Inscribed lower left: “A mon cher Fred. Souvenir…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le clocher de Bazincourt (The Bell Tower of Bazincourt) 1885 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 53.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis See also: • Bazincourt-sur-Epte (France)
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) View in Suffolk c.1755 Oil on canvas, 95.9 x 125.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis The sun-drenched river bank, an amorous couple, and a leisurely rider offer a variety of details that create an idyllic setting. This…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Baigneurs (Bathers) 1890–1892 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 66 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis A group of male bathers relaxes alongside a riverbank: all are nude with the exception of a single figure to the right…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Giuditta mostra la testa di Oloferne (Judith Displaying the Head of Holofernes) 1703–1704 Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 102.9 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis The body of the murdered Assyrian general Holofernes forms the focal point…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Extensive Landscape With Travellers on a Country Road c.1608–1610 Oil on copper, 33.6 x 46.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis From an elevated viewpoint we see the city of Antwerp at the distant right,…