Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) The Kiss/Lovers (Der Kuss/Liebespaar) 1908 (completed 1909) Oil and gold on canvas, 180 x 180 cm Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna The Kiss (Lovers) by Gustav Klimt is the most famous Austrian painting and the highlight of the permanent collection at…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Intérieur (Interior) 1880 Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm Private collection
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Étude pour “Le Pont de l’Europe” (Study for “Le Pont de l’Europe”) 1876 Oil on canvas, 83.18 x 122.56 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo During his time, Gustave Caillebotte was best known as an enthusiastic collector and…
Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Rue de Paris, temps de pluie (Paris Street, Rainy Day) 1877 Oil on canvas, 212.2 x 276.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This complex intersection, just minutes away from the Saint-Lazare train station, represents in microcosm the changing…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Giovanni (?) Arnolfini and his Wife 1434 Oil on oak, 82.2 x 60 cm National Gallery, London This must be one of the most famous paintings in the world, and one of the most intriguing.…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La muse inspirant le poète (The Muse Inspiring the Poet) 1909 Oil on canvas, 146.2 x 96.9 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel The portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire and his partner, the painter Marie Laurencin, is one of the most famous…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Une soirée au carnaval (Carnival Evening) 1886 Oil on canvas, 117.3 x 89.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia An air of mystery pervades this wintry forest landscape. Dressed in festive carnival costumes, a lone couple stands in…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Rendez-vous dans la forêt (Rendezvous in the Forest) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Beyond a dense screen of stylized, dark brown tree trunks, bending branches, and sage and moss-green leaves, a…
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Glass of Wine (Het glas wijn) 1658–1660 Oil on canvas, 67.7 x 79.6 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin In the reflection of cool daylight, which penetrates from the left, especially through the front of the two windows, a young…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La promenade (The Walk) 1870 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 64.8 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles What Pierre-Auguste Renoir himself titled this painting is unknown, but La Promenade is in part an homage to earlier artists whom he greatly…