Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Los segadores (The Harvesters) 1907 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Sucesión Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid Like other painters in his circle, Picasso was keen to find new techniques that would enable him to handle…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Cosimo de’ Medici in armatura (Cosimo de’ Medici in armour) c.1545 Oil on panel, 76.5 x 59 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Bronzino’s portraits are undoubtedly among his most important works. His most significant examples date from the 1540s onwards, but…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El Duque de Wellington (The Duke of Wellington) 1812–1814 Oil on wood, 64.3 × 52.4 cm National Gallery, London This is a portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, one of the leading military and political figures…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Femme à la montre (Woman with a watch) 1932 Oil on canvas, 130 x 97 cm Private collection signed Picasso (upper left); inscribed Boisgeloup and dated 17 Août XXXII. (on the stretcher) “There is no doubt that 1932…
Miró, Joan (1893-1983) La masía (The Farm) 1921–1922 Oil on canvas, 123.8 x 141.3 x 3.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Miró moved from Barcelona to Paris in 1920, determined to participate in the artistic vanguard of the French capital.…
Miró, Joan (1893-1983) Oiseau lunaire (Moon Bird) 1966 Bronze, 234 x 210 x 150 cm Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid In the 1940s, Joan Miró approached sculpture from a similar basic standpoint to that which had first attracted him to the discipline in…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Le Moulin de la Galette (The Moulin de la Galette) c.1900 Oil on canvas, 89.7 x 116.8 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York See also: • Moulin de la Galette (Paris)
Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Journal et compotier (Newspaper and fruit bowl) 1917 Oil on cradled panel, 27 x 35 cm Private collection Juan Gris‘s still-life from 1917, Journal et compotier, captures the exuberance of the artist’s Synthetic cubist style. Following the muted…
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…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Famille d’Arlequin (Harlequin Family) 1905 Gouache and ink on card laid down on cradled panel, 29.5 x 21.5 cm Private collection Famille d’arlequin is an exquisite example of Picasso’s celebrated Rose period, which was dominated by images of…