Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Le Ballet de ‘Robert Le Diable’ (The Ballet Scene from Meyerbeer’s Opera Robert Le Diable) 1876 Oil on canvas, 76.6 × 81.3 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was born in Paris where he entered the…
(1891–1955) Olga Picasso, born Olga Stepanovna Khokhlova Olga Khokhlova in Picasso‘s Montrouge studio, spring 1918. Olga Khokhlova in Art: Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Portrait d’Olga dans un fauteuil spring 1918 Musée Picasso, Paris Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Femme en chemise assise…
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) Carmen Doucet Moreno Carmen Dauset 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 Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) La Carmencita 1890 Private collection …
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Les Danseuses (The Dancers) c.1899 Pastel on paper, 62.2 x 64.8 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo The incandescent, expressive colors of Edgar Degas’s pastel seem to vibrate off the paper. Applied in layered webs of rhythmic strokes,…
(1901-?) Matisse painting the model Henriette Darricarrère. Matisse drawing the model Henriette Darricarrère. Darricarrère in Art: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Les Joueuses de dominos 1921 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le Coffret chinois 1922 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse, Henri (1869-1954)…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Femme en chemise assise (Seated Woman in a Chemise) 1923 Oil on canvas, 92.1 × 73 cm Tate Britain, London Ballet dancer Olga Khokhlova (1891–1955), Picasso’s wife, was the model for this and several other works from the period.…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Danseuse de ballet (Ballet Dancer) late 1920s Oil on canvas, 45.6 × 37 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago