Tag: drapery

Le Bal à Suresnes (1903)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Le Bal à Suresnes (At the Suresnes Ball) 1903 Oil on canvas, 180 × 145.1 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis A man in an infantry uniform dances with a taller woman, the splayed fingers of his…

Femme en rose (c.1924)

Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Femme en rose (Woman in Pink) c.1924 Oil on canvas, 73 × 54.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Chaïm Soutine twisted the form of his female subject into a swirling mass of red, coral, and yellow brushstrokes…

Le Lapin écorché (c.1921)

Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Le Lapin écorché (The Flayed Rabbit) c.1921 Oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia A flayed rabbit lies splayed on a white cloth, its clouded eye just visible. Soutine has given us a bird’s-eye view of…

Le Pâtissier (c.1919)

Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Le Pâtissier (The Pastry Chef, Baker Boy) c.1919 Oil on canvas, 66 x 51 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia When Albert Barnes first visited Chaim Soutine‘s Paris studio in 1922, the struggling artist was known only in the city’s…

Gitano de Figueres (1923)

Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Gitano de Figueres (Gypsy from Figueres) 1923 Oil and gouache on cardboard, 104 x 75 cm Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid See also: • Figueras (España)

San Pietro (s.d.)

Martini, Simone (c.1284-1344) San Pietro (St. Peter) s.d. Tempera and gold on panel, 58 x 38.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection As is required by an iconographic tradition without exceptions, St. Peter is represented as an old man holding…

Venus and Cupid (c.1606-1611)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus and Cupid c.1606–1611 Oil on canvas, 137 x 111 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Rubens was the most outstanding of all Flemish painters, and a leading exponent of Baroque art. The Toilet of Venus is one of…

Cristo e la Samaritana (1310-1311)

Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Cristo e la Samaritana (Christ and the Samaritan Woman) 1310–1311 Tempera and gold on panel, 43.5 x 46 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This painting was part of the predella (the bottom tier) of the Maestà altarpiece made for…