Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le pont du HMS Calcutta, Portsmouth (Gallery of HMS Calcutta) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 91.8 cm Tate Britain, London Tissot often painted a man with two women in order to explore the subtle nuances of flirtation…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) La Fille du capitaine (The Captain’s Daughter) 1873 Oil on canvas, 72.3 x 104.8 cm Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton Tissot began his career exhibiting historic subjects at the Paris Salon but during the 1860s turned to scenes…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Cache-cache (Hide and Seek) c.1877 Oil on wood, 73.4 x 53.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In early 1874 Degas wrote, “Look here, my dear Tissot. . . you positively must exhibit at the Boulevard [in the…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La Bohémienne endormie (The Sleeping Gypsy) 1897 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 200.7 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Portrait de Madame M. (Portrait of Madame M.) c.1896 Oil on canvas, 198 x 114.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Amongst the many portraits painted by Rousseau, it is rare to find a full-length portrait and one of such a…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Portrait de femme (Portrait of a Woman) c.1895 Oil on canvas, 160.5 x 105.5 cm Musée Picasso, Paris Brassaï, photo of Picasso in his studio at 23 rue La Boétie, standing in front of Rousseau’s Portrait of a…
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) Femme se promenant dans un forêt exotique (Woman Walking in an Exotic Forest) 1905 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Henri Rousseau became the unlikely hero of the Parisian avant-garde for his “naïve” style and…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Portrait de la seconde femme de l’Artiste avec une lampe (Portrait of the Artist’s Second Wife with a Lamp) 1903 Oil on canvas, 23 x 19 cm Musée Picasso, Paris Picasso in his studio holding Rousseau’s Self-portrait with a…
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman early 1660s Oil on canvas, 74.1 x 64.6 cm Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London A Lady at the Virginal with a Gentleman entered the Royal Collection in 1762 as a work…