El Greco (1541-1614) La Anunciación (The Annunciation) c.1576 Oil on canvas, 117 x 98 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In the course of his life, EI Greco painted numerous versions of the Annunciation, thus allowing his stylistic development to be traced through…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Le duc d’Orléans montrant sa maîtresse (The Duke of Orleans showing his Lover) c.1825–1826 Oil on canvas, 35 x 25.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This signed canvas by Delacroix depicting a literary subject has been dated to around…
Morisot, Berthe (1841-1895) Le Miroir Psyché (The Psyche mirror) 1876 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Berthe Morisot was closely associated with French Impressionism and actively participated in all the group’s exhibitions. She maintained close and creative…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Nini Lopez (Portrait of Nini Lopez) 1876 Oil on canvas, 54 x 39 cm Musée d’art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre See also: • López, Nini
Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Éloge de la dialectique (In praise of dialectics) 1937 Oil on canvas, 65.5 × 54 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le foulard rouge (The Red Kerchief) c.1868–1873 Oil on fabric, 99 x 79.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This painting depicts Monet‘s first wife, Camille, outside on a snowy day passing by the French doors of their…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme au chapeau (Woman with a Hat) 1891 Oil on canvas, 56 x 46.5 cm National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Autoportrait à la palette (Self Portrait with Palette) c.1898 Oil on canvas, 53.02 × 30.48 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Pissarro experienced a chronic eye disease at the end of his life. Because of frequent eye infections, he…
Signac, Paul (1863-1935) La salle à manger, Opus 152 (The Dining Room, Opus 152) 1886–1887 Oil on canvas, 89.5 x 116.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Meeting The young Signac begins his painting career as an impressionist. That changes in 1884 when…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nu couché et domestique servant du thé (Reclining Nude and Servant Serving Tea) 1888 Oil on canvas, 81.4 x 57.3 cm Pola Museum of Art, Hakone