Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Profil de jeune fille (Young girl profile) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 32.7 x 24.7 cm Private collection A towering figure in the second half of the nineteenth century, Édouard Manet was a serious and dedicated artist strongly committed…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) A Goodnight Hug (Mère et Enfant) 1880 Pastel on brown paper laid down on board, 42 x 62.8 cm Private collection Executed in 1880, A Goodnight Hug was one of Cassatt’s eleven entries, four oils and seven pastels,…
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Standing Female in Shirt with Black Stockings and Red Scarf (Stehendes Mädchen im Hemd, mit schwarzen Strümpfen und rotem Tuch) 1911 Gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper, 55.3 x 38.1 cm Private collection Schiele’s early watercolors and drawings…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Gabrielle c.1890 Pastel on paper, 55.4 x 46.3 cm Private collection Portraiture was the dominant form of Renoir’s oeuvre during the first few of decades of his career. In the 1860s and 1870s he accepted numerous paid commissions…
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Gustav Mahler Modeled 1909; cast 1926 Bronze, 34.3 x 22.9 x 22.2 cm Musée Rodin, Paris Cast by the founder Alexis Rudier, Paris, 1874-1952. Compare: Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Gustav Mahler 1909 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York See also:…
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Gustav Mahler 1909 Bronze, 35.6 × 22.9 × 25.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Ascetic, sharp features give the composer an aristocratic look. Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) modeled for Rodin, though the sittings were difficult to endure for…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’Alice Legouvé dans un Fauteuil (Portrait of Alice Legouvé in an armchair) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 26 × 28 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles See also: • Legouvé, Alice
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Femme à l’ombrelle (The Woman with the Umbrella) 1872 Oil on canvas, 48.2 x 40 cm Private collection Staring out boldly at the viewer, a blue umbrella perched on her shoulder and dressed in an elegant black…