Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Pierrot et danseuse, La Danseuse bleue (Pierrot and dancer, The Blue Dancer) 1900 Oil on canvas, 38.4 x 46 cm Private collection Pierrot et danseuse (La Danseuse bleue) is one of the very few oils that Picasso completed…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Spanish Dancer Wearing a Lace Mantilla 1873 Oil on canvas, 65.2 × 50.1 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington Mary Cassatt spent a few months in Spain in the early 1870s. She went first to Madrid, where she copied…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Femme en chemise (Woman in a chemise) 1906 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Effortless nonchalance and confident mastery. That’s the winning combination which enabled André Derain to create a masterpiece that now…
(1868–1910) La Carmencita in Art: Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) La Carmencita 1890 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) La Carmencita c.1890 Musée du Louvre, Paris Occupation Art model Dancer
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Les Danseuses (The Dancers) c.1899 Pastel on paper, 62.2 x 64.8 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo
(1901-?) Matisse painting the model Henriette Darricarrère. Matisse drawing the model Henriette Darricarrère. Darricarrère in Art: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le Coffret chinois 1922 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Fête des fleurs 1923 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Matisse, Henri (1869-1954)…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Danseuse de ballet (Ballet Dancer) late 1920s Oil on canvas, 45.6 × 37 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Ragazza danzante (Dancing Girl) s.d. Plaster, height 105.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Coin d’un café-concert (Corner of a Café-Concert) probably 1878–1880 Oil on canvas, 97.1 x 77.5 cm National Gallery, London In the middle of the nineteenth century the café-concert became extremely popular in France, and Parisian establishments such as the…
Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Fêtes Vénitiennes (Venetian Festivals) 1718–1719 Oil on canvas, 56.3 × 46.2 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh This is a very fine example of the ‘fêtes galantes’ perfected by Watteau. He included himself as the seated musician playing a musette.…